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Anderson Cooper's new book, " Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune ," is out Tuesday .
Astor was America 's first multi-millionaire, John Jacob Astor .
He made his money through the bloody and brutal beaver fur trade.
The next generation featured William Astor , who owned numerous buildings in New York City .
Anderson Cooper's great-great aunt, Alva Vanderbilt , threw a party at the likes of which America had never seen.
The Astors wanted nothing to do with the Vanderbilts .
Anderson Cooper says he always knew there would be no Vanderbilt money left for his inheritance.
He swears that was fine with him; inheriting wealth never ends well.
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