166K views · 1.3K reactions | "My mom dying, and then having my son, I realized I didn't know what I would tell him about the Vanderbilts. So I started reading all these letters my mom had squirreled away." - Anderson Cooper shares the process which lead him to write his new book, "Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty." | CNN | Facebook

"It's a book I never thought I'd write, it's in many ways a family I really tried to distance myself from much of my life." Anderson Cooper details his upcoming book "Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty." Cooper calls the book "a letter to my son." | Anderson Cooper 360

90K views · 1.3K reactions | In his new book," CNN anchor and "60 Minutes" correspondent Anderson Cooper tells the story of the Vanderbilt family dynasty, which included his mother Gloria. https://cbsn.ws/3tS6Viw | CBS Sunday Morning | Facebook