
Exploring the evolving narrative of America through the stories of some of the nation's most famous families.

The Bushes are one of America's oldest families, known more for their genteel manners and success in business than politics; so when war hero George H.W. Bush decides he wants to run for president, he hopes the family name leads him to victory.

From the fur trade to the drug trade, John Jacob Astor builds America's first mega-fortune; ensuing generations of Astors battle to control it, helping to define the opulent Gilded Age.

Cornelius "The Commodore" Vanderbilt rose from nothing to build the biggest shipping and railroad empires in America, and amass a great fortune; his dying words were to "keep the money together."

Forrest Mars reunites with his estranged father to transform a candy company; Forrest takes over from family members to build one of the largest privately held corporations in the world.