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Gilded : how Newport became America's richest resort / Deborah Davis.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection F89.N5 D38 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Deborah, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Socialites--Rhode Island--Newport--Biography.
- Socialites.
- Newport (R.I.)--History.
- Newport (R.I.).
- Newport (R.I.)--Social life and customs.
- Newport (R.I.)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- x, 309 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2009.
- Contents:
- The season-1913
- The isle of peace
- Reversal of fortune
- The new Newport
- "The" Mrs. Astor
- Calculated move
- Alva
- The cottage wars
- Mamie
- Upstairs and downstairs
- Tessie
- Members only
- Ladies first
- Edith
- Fast times
- A very good year
- Beatrice
- That sinking feeling
- The binds that tie
- Eileen
- There goes the neighborhood
- Enemies and eyesores
- Fire sale
- Self preservation
- All that jazz
- Jackie
- What a swell party this is
- The changing of the guard
- Minnie
- Anything goes
- Doris
- Tourist attractions
- Who wants to be a millionaire?
- Everything old is new again
- The season-2008.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780470124130 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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