Rogues & Heroes of Newport's Gilded Age

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.

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.

About the author

Ed Morris is a veteran reporter for two Connecticut newspapers and was a correspondent for the United Press International's Berlin Bureau just before the construction of the Berlin Wall by Communist East Germany. A graduate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, he has also served as a tour guide for several Newport historical organizations for many years.

Product details

• Authors: Ed Morris, Edward Morris
• Publisher: The History Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2012
• EAN: 9781609497552
• ISBN: 978-1-60949-755-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Amerikanische Geschichte, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, USA Nordosten, Neuengland Staaten, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)