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.
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