[PDF.31jv] Wicked Newport: Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea

Wicked Newport: Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea

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 | #671573 in Books |  The History Press |  2008-07-30 |  2008-07-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.31 x6.00l,.45 | File type: PDF | 128 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Not so wicked|By M. Hagerty|Wicked Newport is a pleasant rehash of the well-known society hijinks of turn-of-the-20th century Newport. For 300 years, however, the juxtaposition of great wealth and privilege with common humanity has produced a very rich and sordid history that is essentially ignored here. Newport has always had a motley collection of; rich yachtsmen, Naval men,|About the Author|Larry Stanford, a native of Newport, currently works as an Information Specialist at the Newport Visitors Center. He founded Ghost Tours of Newport in 2002. He has previously published Wicked Newport with The History Press.

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 ultra-rich 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 Du...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Wicked Newport: Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea   |  Larry Stanford. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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