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Rogues & Heroes of Newport's Gilded Age Hardcover – September 4, 2012

by Edward Morris (Author)
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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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    September 4, 2012
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    6 x 0.38 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1540232271
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1540232274
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ History Press Library Editions (September 4, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 130 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1540232271
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1540232274
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.38 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 out of 5 stars 310 ratings

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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.

As a step-on bus guide for cruise ship visitors to Newport he developed this coachman's script twelve years ago. After showing it to Pieter Roos, then education director of the Newport Historical Society, he was hired to research Newport's Cliff Walk and give tours to Newport tourists for six years. That tour , published as A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk, has sold over seven thousand copies.

This companion volume is enlivened with more stories about those rogues and heroes of Newport's Gilded Age. Morris has made extensive use of the Newport Historical Society's research facilities, printed reports and many other sources, but the responsibility for the material contained herein is his own.

Here is a Reader's Preview of Author's Companion Books:

"Rogues & Heroes of Newport's Gilded Age" provides insights into the early Colonial world of Newport, R.I., and then into its development into the summer resort for wealthy New York millionaires of the Industrial Revolution, where they played tennis, golf and polo, and sailed their fabulous yachts!

Author Ed Morris wrote this new book as a companion piece to his "A Guide To Newport's Cliff Walk," which has 48 color photos and five areal maps, and has sold more than 7,000 copies. The new "Rogues & Heroes" book with its 57 photos is also a coachman's guide to other summer palaces not on Cliff Walk--as well as insights into the operational practices of such architects as Richard Hunt, Charles McKim and Stanford White and wealthy clients like Mrs Astor.

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Customers find the book informative, with one describing it as a comprehensive historical guide to Newport. The architecture receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting the beautiful homes. However, the writing style receives criticism, with one customer noting several spelling errors.

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Customers find the book informative and interesting, with one customer noting it serves as a historical guide to Newport.

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"...Is like a tour guide and offers local flavor, however some stories are redundant and told multiple times in different locations in the book." Read more

"...Why were the cottages so grand? Great read with the inside story on the accumulation & loss of money made during the Gilded Age...." Read more

"Interesting information was given about key characters in Newport's history in the first half of book...." Read more

4 customers mention "Architecture"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the architecture in the book, with one review highlighting the beautiful homes and another noting the ornate details.

"Reading this wants me to visit Newport and explore these stately homes while following along in the book. Great historical piece." Read more

"...Nothing was too expensive, too ornate or ostentatious for the architects to create with their magic wands...." Read more

"...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...." Read more

"Glitz & Glamour, China & Silver..All the Gossip of the Guilded Age is combined in this condensed tale!..." Read more

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"Noticed several spelling errors and “Mary lee Curtis” instead of Jamie Lee Curtis...." Read more

"Writing style is basic and the book is thin. It does not live up tithe promise if its title." Read more

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  • Linda Berger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rogues and Heroes of New poet's Builder Age
    Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2024
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    Reading this wants me to visit Newport and explore these stately homes while following along in the book. Great historical piece.
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  • Meg
    3.0 out of 5 stars Would like it more with additional editing.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2021
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    Noticed several spelling errors and “Mary lee Curtis” instead of Jamie Lee Curtis. Is like a tour guide and offers local flavor, however some stories are redundant and told multiple times in different locations in the book.
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  • YELLOW ROSE
    4.0 out of 5 stars Newport Cottages
    Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2022
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    Where did all the money go? Why were the cottages so grand? Great read with the inside story on the accumulation & loss of money made during the Gilded Age. Nothing was too expensive, too ornate or ostentatious for the architects to create with their magic wands. Preservation groups have taken over most of the mansions, gardens & parks. Many mansions are open all year offering guided tours. Great fun!
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  • baybreeze_605
    2.0 out of 5 stars Biographies were good; tour of Newport was bad.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2023
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    Interesting information was given about key characters in Newport's history in the first half of book. The tour given in the second half is filled with gaps that would cause one to get hopelessly lost without the assistance of Google maps. Examples include not telling readers to turn left on Spring St from Memorial Blvd, not telling readers to drive around Washington Sq to get on Clarke St, not telling readers how to get on Wellington Ave from Harrison.
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  • Jim Egan
    5.0 out of 5 stars The real dirt on the eccentrics of Newport
    Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2013
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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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  • obxgirl
    3.0 out of 5 stars More of a guide book
    Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2019
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    A map would have been excellent to include unless I just didn’t get one with the digital version of the book
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  • Suzanne.
    4.0 out of 5 stars The in-depth guide to historical Newport
    Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023
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    Having visited Newport in the past, I thoroughly enjoyed the authors guide to this historic city, it's homes and all the incidental pieces of information. If you're planning a trip to Newport, RI this guide is a must!
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  • Buffy MacD
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cinch up your waist! We're going to Newport!!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020
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    Glitz & Glamour, China & Silver..All the Gossip of the Guilded Age is combined in this condensed tale! My late Mother & Grandparents shared many of these same stories of Newport as regular citizens in the 20th century, but added even more "spice" as friends of the younger generation of the monied "Elders" who left behind so many regrets and unclaimed fortunes, not to mention, "Ghosts!" We may be able to share some of their stories in time to come...
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