Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Paperback

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (6 July 1884 - 4 July 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, a champion bridge player and a member of the Vanderbilt family. He was born in Oakdale, New York, the third child and second son of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. To family and friends he was known as "Mike." His siblings were William Kissam Vanderbilt II and Consuelo Vanderbilt. As the great-grandson of the shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, he was born to great wealth and privilege: as a child he was raised in Vanderbilt mansions, travelled frequently to Europe, and sailed the world on yachts owned by his father.