Alfred Vanderbilt had everything money could buy. Except he couldn’t swim, and he'd bought a first class ticket on an ocean liner that was sinking.
What could he do?
This man came from a ruthless, world famous American dynasty. His father was known to destroy the lives of people who got in his way.
Still, here was Alfred Vanderbilt, on a mighty ship - The Lusitania - that would take only 18 minutes to disappear under the waves.
He had enough money to buy the ship, to buy all the lifeboats, at the very least to buy his own lifejacket.
Want to know what he did in those final moments?
The Lusitania Letters plunges you deep into the story of this mighty ship, the crew and passengers, like Alfred Vanderbilt, who were warned not to sail.
“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.”
—Erich Fromm, philosopher
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