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Deborah Davis' Latest Triumph!: Gilded, How Newport Became America's Richest Resort

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fifth Avenue, Jack Astor, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Eileen Gillespie, Titanic, Ellen Tuck French, Mrs. James Laurens Van Allen, Newport Casino, Bergdorf Goodman, Vanderbilt Mansion, Tuxedo-Park, Eileen Slocum, Vincent Astor, Mrs. Astor, Newport, Hotel Pierre, Temple Emanu-El, Mrs. William Watts Sherman, The Empress Eugenie, Napoleon III, Nadine and Noreen Stonor, Mrs. Styvasant Fish, Lady Camoys, Great Depression, Books News
Michael Henry Adams

Having met some of the same challenging residents she has, examining Deborah Davis' breathless, bright and entertaining new book, Gilded, How Newport ...

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Newport: Yesterday's Seaside Paradise, Part I

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Summer Resort, Clinton & Rusell, Obama Vacation, Architecture, Newport Casino, Rodger Williams, Summer Cottage, High-Society, Henry Hobson Richardson, Eileen Slocum, Brown Family, Eileen S. S. Gillespie, Vanderbilts, Aristocrats, Ancestors, Elite, Newport, Stanford White, Mrs. William Watts Sherman, Sam Houston and General George Tecumseh Sherman, Astors, Obama Family, Jackie Kennedy, Entertaining, Ralph Francis Julian Stoner. The 5th Baron Camoys of Stoner, Ogden Codman. Harry Lehr, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

The Obamas aren't coming to Newport to vacation, but one hundred or even fifty years ago they would have. An idyllic spot, it's about to become the subject of several new books.

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