Wicked Newport
eBook - ePub

Wicked Newport

Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Wicked Newport

Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea

About this book

Take a trip with Larry Stanford through 350 years of Newport's hidden, dark history. 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 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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Table of contents

  1. cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. The Mystery Tower
  8. Innocent?
  9. The Symbol of Hospitality?
  10. Karma for the Merchant Prince
  11. America's Richest Family
  12. The Queen of the Queen of Resorts
  13. Wicked Alva
  14. Mrs. Fish
  15. The Playboy Editor
  16. The Swinger Architect
  17. Titanic
  18. Lusitania
  19. The Court Jester's Secret
  20. Curse of the Pharaohs
  21. Be Careful What You Wish For…
  22. Paint It Black
  23. Anchors Away
  24. The Richest Girl in the World
  25. Reversal of Fortune
  26. References