
Wicked Newport: Sordid Stories From The City By The Sea
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 attemp...
Series: Wicked
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: The History Press (July 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596293438
ISBN-13: 978-1596293434
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1243755
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“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 i...”
ed 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. Local historian Larry Stanford pulls back the curtain on over 350 years of history, uncovering the real stories behind many of Newport's most enduring mysteries, controversial characters and scintillating scandals.
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