Rogues and Heroes of Newport's Gilded Age By Edward Morris

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Newport, Rhode Island, was the summer playground of the Gilded Age for the Astors, Belmonts and Vanderbilts. They built lavish villas designed by the best Beaux Arts-style architects of the time, including Richard Morris Hunt, Charles McKim and Robert Swain Peabody. America's elite delighted in referring to these grand retreats as "summer cottages," where they would play tennis and polo and sail their yachts along the shores of the Ocean State. The coachman had an important role as the discreet outdoor butler for Gilded Age gentlemen--not only was he in charge of the horses, but he also acted as a travel advisor and connoisseur of entertainment venues. From the driver's seat, author and guide Edward Morris provides a diverse collection of biographical sketches that reveal the outrageous and opulent lives of some of America's leading entrepreneurs.

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This book makes Newport come alive. Sure, you can drive all around Newport's streets and see all the mansions one after the other, but Ed Morris provides the "inside story" about the lives of the real folks who lived in these mansions, their personalities and eccentricities.Ed Morris is a seasoned journalist with a flair for getting to the heart of the story"Thaw, who had been sitting in the rear table with Evelyn, pulled a pistol out of his coat pocket, walked up to White's table and shot him three times in the head, shouting "You'll never go out with that woman again!" He threw the gun on the floor. The music stopped, and the audience dashed for the exits. The police arrived and took Thaw into custody." Ed Morris makes history exciting.The book is broken into three parts. The first part explains the colorful colonial history of Newport. The second includes biographies of famous Newporters like Commodore Matthew C. Perry ("We have met the enemy, and they are ours."), the filthy rich August Belmont, and the architects Alfred Smith, James G. Bennett, Richard Morris Hunt, and Stanford White (the guy who got the three bullets in his head).Chapter 3 is the "Coachman's Drive-Around Tour." It starts in the downtown Harbor Front, proceeds up the Historic Hill, out Bellevue Avenue, along Ocean Drive, and back via Harrison Avenue to Thames Street. If you take this one-hour drive, you'll see lots of beautiful scenes and architecture. But if you've got Ed Morris's book with you, you'll know what happened inside these beautiful homes and all the dirt on the inhabitants of these "summer cottages."Ed Morris's book will raise your tour of Newport to a whole new level. Don't leave home without it.

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