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A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk

Author : Ed Morris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614236038
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk written by Ed Morris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing tour of the opulent Newport Mansions where the Astors, Vanderbilts, and other Gilded Age families spent their summers. At the turn of the twentieth century, the wealthy families of New York would vacation at their summer homes in Newport, Rhode Island. Where the salty air once mingled with the laughter of society women in ball gowns, the houses of the Newport Cliff Walk still preside in grandeur over the crashing waves below. From the grand majesty of the Breakers to the beautiful proportions of Rosecliff, these houses are enduring reminders of the architectural flowering of the Gilded Age. Walking along the paved trail, it's easy to imagine the faintest hint of a waltz coming from the windows of Beechwood, or to envision the Duchess of Windsor’s carriage arriving for a visit at Fairholme. Ed Morris takes you on a tour of twenty-four historic mansions and landmarks, entertaining along the way with tales of splendor and style, social maneuvering and matchmaking.

Newport Mansions

Author : Richard Cheek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (966 download)

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Download or read book Newport Mansions written by Richard Cheek and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to ten properties held by the The Preservation Society of Newport County.

Guide to Historic Burial Grounds in Newport

Author : Lewis Keen
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781540249227
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Guide to Historic Burial Grounds in Newport written by Lewis Keen and published by History Press. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While now known as America's summer playground, Newport was at one time the nation's fifth-largest seaport, containing a diverse population that is reflected in its burial sites. Of special significance is the largest marked site for eighteenth-century African Americans in the country, as well as the oldest surviving colonial Jewish burial site. Notable burials include those for William Ellery, who signed the Declaration of Independence, and Richard Morris Hunt, the eminent nineteenth-century architect. It is also home to John Stevens, a noted gravestone carver who led six generations of his family to create exquisite stones throughout the city. Those same traditions are carried on today by the Benson family, America's premier stone carvers. Join local author and tour guide Lewis Keen as he explores the fascinating history behind the city's early burial grounds.

Gilded

Author : Deborah Davis
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470730242
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Gilded written by Deborah Davis and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 country's most famous blueblood families?the closest thing we have to royalty?have lived and summered in Newport since the nineteenth century. The Astors, the Vanderbilts, Edith Wharton, JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Doris Duke, and Claus 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 the fascinating heritage of the Newport elite, from its first colonists to the newest of its new millennium millionaires, showing the evolution of a town intent on living in its own world. Through a narrative filled with engrossing characters and lively tales of untold extravagance, Davis brings the resort to life and uncovers the difference between rich and Newport rich along the way. An engrossing multigenerational saga that tells the real story of the rich and famous in Newport Vibrant, praiseworthy writing: "[Davis] brings splendidly colorful behind-the-scenes action and players up front" (the New York Times on Party of the Century) 34 evocative black-and-white photographs Written with insight and dramatic flair, Gilded gives you a rare peek into the cloistered coastal playground of America's moneyed elite.

A Guide to Newport, Rhode Island

Author : Gabriel Weis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Newport, Rhode Island written by Gabriel Weis and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Guide to Newport, Rhode Island

Author : Gabriel Weis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
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Scandalous Newport, Rhode Island

Author : Larry Stanford
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625844913
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Scandalous Newport, Rhode Island written by Larry Stanford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newport, Rhode Island, is renowned for its stunning cliff-side vistas and the luxurious summer homes of the Gilded Age elite. Yet the opulent facades of the City by the Sea concealed the scintillating scandals, eccentric characters and unsolved mysteries of its wealthiest families. Learn how Cornelius Vanderbilt III was cut out of the family's fortune for his unapproved marriage to Grace Wilson and how John F. Kennedy's marriage to a Newport debutante helped to secure his presidency. Travel to the White Horse Tavern, where a vengeful specter still waits for his supposed murderer to return to the scene, and discover the mysterious voyage of the "Sea Bird" and its missing crew. Historian Larry Stanford searches the dark corners of Newport's past to expose these scandalous tales and more.

A Guide to Newport, Rhode Island

Author : Tom Gannon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780871060976
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Newport, Rhode Island written by Tom Gannon and published by . This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Newport Villas

Author : Michael C Kathrens
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Newport Villas written by Michael C Kathrens and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, for all who love grand houses. Newport Villas describes the architectural and social development of this summer resort town, the nexus of wealth and fashion at the end of the nineteenth century. All the accoutrements were the best that money could buy, whether it was Parisian frocks, meticulously groomed thoroughbred horses, or meals prepared by imported French chefs. To properly mount their entertainments, Newport's elite built "cottages" that ranged in size from thirty to seventy rooms. The country's most accomplished architects designed these seaside villas, many of them rivaling the great houses of Europe. Pictured here in abundant archival and new photographs, with accompanying floor plans, the houses cover the gamut of revival styles from Colonial Revival to Italian Renaissance Revival, from French Classical Revival to Georgian Revival.

Newport Through Its Architecture

Author : James L. Yarnall
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584654919
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Newport Through Its Architecture written by James L. Yarnall and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive architectural history of America's greatest living architectural laboratory.

Wicked Newport

Author : Larry Stanford
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614231532
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Wicked Newport written by Larry Stanford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Newport Bridge

Author : James M. Ricci
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439664838
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book The Newport Bridge written by James M. Ricci and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newport is a premier destination, but getting to the city has not always been easy. For three centuries, ferries crossed Narragansett Bay's East Passage. That all changed on June 28, 1969, the day the Newport Bridge opened, and it closed the last remaining gap between Aquidneck and Conanicut Islands. Proponents of the bridge persevered political squabbles and delays for twenty-five years following World War II to make it a reality. The longest suspension bridge in the region incorporated several new technologies and construction techniques and changed the face of Rhode Island. Author James Ricci details the trials and tribulations that produced an iconic bridge.

A Guide to Newport

Author : Gabriel Weis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332133857
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Newport written by Gabriel Weis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Guide to Newport: Rhode Island Newport, the Queen of Watering Places, the Social Capital of America, and one of the most beautiful spots on God's footstool, is also one of the oldest cities in this country, and one of the most interesting from an historical standpoint and from the number of its existing associations with the past. Newport is situated on the lower portion of the island of Rhode Island, called by the Indians, Aquidneck (The Isle of Peace). This island, about thirteen miles long and three wide, lying in Narragansett Bay, was the refuge to which, in 1637, a small band of Englishmen, headed by Dr. John Clark and William Coddington, fled from the colony of Massachusetts, in order to worship God according to their own belief. The island was bought from the Narragansett Indians, with the usual fairness of the white settlers, for a few garments and agricultural implements and two torkepes (whatever they may be); and the name changed to Rhode Island, perhaps a corrupt form of "red island," from the general reddish color of the rocks and soil, but more likely from a supposed similarity to the Isle of Rhodes, on account of the roses which grew (and still grow) in great beauty and abundance upon the shores. To Nicholas Easton must be given the credit for having had the far-sighted sagacity to select the site of Newport. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Guide to Newport, Rhode Island

Author : Weis Gabriel
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016106733
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Newport, Rhode Island written by Weis Gabriel and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Newport, Rhode Island

Author : Tom Gannon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881502190
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Newport, Rhode Island written by Tom Gannon and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Saving Upper Newport Bay

Author : Cassandra Radcliff
Publisher : Top Reads Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1970107197
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Saving Upper Newport Bay written by Cassandra Radcliff and published by Top Reads Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Orange County's population boom in the early 1960s, the Robinson family moved to Newport Beach. A short walk from their home was Upper Newport Bay, where they and their neighbors could play on North Star Beach, water ski on the bay's calm water, or dig in the shallow mudflats for fresh clams for dinner. But land developers and local government officials had a different use for the open space in mind—build a private harbor much like the bustling lower Newport Bay and Balboa Island. In 1963, 14-year-old Jay Robinson rode his bike down to North Star Beach and found a newly erected “private property” sign. His parents, Frank and Frances Robinson, would soon find themselves embroiled in one of the most important ecological battles in California, with friends, neighbors, newspapers, the government, and the courts all taking sides. Saving Upper Newport Bay is the story of two ordinary people's life-changing journey, which ultimately impacted the history and ecology of southern California. This book was produced on the 50th anniversary of The Newport Bay Conservancy, which focuses exclusively on the conservation and restoration of Upper Newport Bay. Included are full color photos depicting the history of the bay.

The World of the Newport Medieval Ship

Author : Evan T. Jones
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786831449
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book The World of the Newport Medieval Ship written by Evan T. Jones and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newport Medieval Ship is the most important late-medieval merchant vessel yet recovered. Built c.1450 in northern Spain, it foundered at Newport twenty years later while undergoing repairs. Since its discovery in 2002, further investigations have transformed historians’ understanding of fifteenth-century ship technology. With plans in place to make the ship the centrepiece for a permanent exhibition in Newport, this volume interprets the vessel, to enable visitors, students and researchers to understand the ship and the world from which it came. The volume contains eleven chapters, written by leading maritime archaeologists and historians. Together, they consider its significance and locate the vessel within its commercial, political and social environment.