Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons
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The Hamptons, that famous string of beachside hamlets in New York State, are not just a quiet vacation spot for New England blue bloods like the duPonts and Vanderbilts. According to Steven Gaines, the author of a spate of "untold" and "true" biographies of such glitterati as Calvin Klein, they're also--surprise!--a sandbox of scandal. And who exactly has been stirring things up? Gaines centers the book on an eccentric cast of characters in Hamptons history: semicloseted gay men of fabulous wealth and Ralph Lauren taste, half-cracked Mayflower descendants going to seed, and those "Phi
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Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Release date: 6 May 1999
ISBN-10 : 0316309079 | ISBN-13: 9780316309073
Release date: 6 May 1999
ISBN-10 : 0316309079 | ISBN-13: 9780316309073
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