In John Seabrook’s “The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty,” the author notes Andrew Carnegie’s dictum of “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.”

It’s a fitting citation as the American dynasty at play here is in fact his own family. How the proverb diverges with the Seabrooks in particular is that instead of the third generation squandering the wealth created by the first, the Seabrook who creates a business empire is the one who spitefully destroys it. If this sounds intriguing, settle into the story of the Seabrooks. ×

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