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Dead end gene pool : a memoir
Title:
Dead end gene pool : a memoir
Author:
Burden, Wendy.
ISBN:
9781592405268
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Gotham Books, c2010.
Physical Description:
viii, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
31 Moons -- Popeye -- Gaga in the jungle -- Terrapin soup -- My family and other domestics -- Ugly house -- DC -- Why they invented Florida -- A dose of religion -- Oi, Yank! -- George -- Maine revisited -- We'll always have Paris -- Go fish -- Checkout time -- Deposition.
Abstract:
A descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt presents an insider's tour of America's old-money wealthy class, profiling the members of her dysfunctional family while identifying toxic factors and behaviors that have influenced their downfall.