Wicked Newport

by Stanford, Larry

• ISBN13: 9781596293434
• ISBN10: 1596293438
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Founded by a small band of religious freedom seekers in 1639, Newport, Rhode Island, subsequently became a bustling colonial seaport teeming with artists, sailors, prosperous merchants and, perhaps most distinctively, the ultrarich families of the Gilded Age. Clinging to the lavish coattails of these newly minted millionaires and robber barons was a stream of con artists and hangers-on who attempted to leech off their well-to-do neighbors. From the Vanderbilts to the Dukes, the Astors to the Kennedys, the City by the Sea has served as a sanctuary for the elite-and a hotbed of corruption.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
The Mystery Tower	p. 11
Innocent?	p. 17
The Symbol of Hospitality?	p. 25
Karma for the Merchant Prince	p. 31
America's Richest Family	p. 35
The Queen of the Queen of Resorts	p. 51
Wicked Alva	p. 55
Mrs. Fish	p. 65
The Playboy Editor	p. 69
The Swinger Architect	p. 73
Titanic	p. 77
Lusitania	p. 83
The Court Jester's Secret	p. 89
Curse of the Pharaohs	p. 93
Be Careful What You Wish For...	p. 97
Paint It Black	p. 101
Anchors Away	p. 105
The Richest Girl in the World	p. 111
Reversal of Fortune	p. 121
References	p. 127
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