No one likes to believe that America has its own aristocracy, but the
families described in this narrative share how these American families
climbed the social ladder and their resulting legacies. Approached from
a historical lens, learn about the great and influential families, their
rise and sometimes their fall, including the following families:
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Ford, Getty, Hearst, Morgan, Astor, Coors,
Adams, Kennedy, Nampeyo, Wyeth, Carter, and Barrymore