Ebook: Gilded: how Newport became America's richest resort

Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Season 1913; Chapter 2: The Isle of Peace; Chapter 3: Reversal of Fortune; Chapter 4: The New Newport; Chapter 5: Calculated Moves; Chapter 6: The Cottage Wars; Chapter 7: Upstairs and Downstairs; Chapter 8: Members Only; Chapter 9: Ladies First; Chapter 10: Fast Times; Chapter 11: A Very Good Year; Chapter 12: That Sinking Feeling; Chapter 13: The Binds That Tie; Chapter 14: There Goes the Neighborhood; Chapter 15: Enemies and Eyesores; Chapter 16: Fire Sale.;A beautifully written history of high society in Newport, Rhode Island, from the acclaimed author of Party of the Century. Newport is the legendary and beautiful home of American aristocracy and the sheltered super-rich. Many of the countrys most famous blueblood familiesthe closest thing we have to royaltyhave lived and summered in Newport since the nineteenth century. The Astors, the Vanderbilts, Edith Wharton, JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Doris Duke, and Klaus and Sunny von Bulow are just a few of the many names who have called the city home. Gilded takes you along as you explore t.