Long before the Hamptons became famous for its posh parties, paparazzi, and glitterati, it was a sleepy backwater of fishing villages and potato farms, literary luminaries and local eccentrics. As the editor and publisher of the areaas popular free newspaper, Danas Papers, Dan Rattiner, has been covering the daily triumphs, community intrigues, and larger-than-life personalities for nearly fifty years. A colorful insideras account of life, love, scandal, and celebrity, In the Hamptons is an intimate portrait of a place and the people who formed and transformed it, from former residents like Andy Warhol and Willem de Kooning, colorful locals like bar owner Bobby Van and shark fisherman Frank Mundus (who the character Quinn from Jaws was based on), and literary figures like John Steinbeck and Truman Capote, to present-day stars like Bianca Jagger and Billy Joel. An insider who lived thereaas well as a Jewish outsider amid the WASP contingentaRattiner both revels in and is rattled by all he witnesses and records in one of the worldas most famous places. With dry wit and genuine affection, he shares a story of the Hamptons that few know, one defined by the artists, painters, fishermen, farmers, dreamers, hangers-on, celebrities, and billionaires who live and play there. From the Hardcover edition.And they can operate it by remote control from Star Island. Ita#39;s a whole new ... In fact, one of the earliest lighthouses they had shut down had been the one on the beach in front of the Coast Guard station in Hampton Bays. I never knew thereanbsp;...
Title | : | In the Hamptons |
Author | : | Dan Rattiner |
Publisher | : | Broadway Books - 2008-05-06 |
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