1990 reprint of the classic work originally published in 1905. Lavishly illustrated, Mrs. King Van Rensselaer describes Newport in her time and provides a robust history going back to its original settlement. Chapters include Climate; Society; Bellevue Avenue; The Cliff Walk; The Ocean Drive and Kindred Spur Roads; The Beautiful Harbor of Newport; History and First Settlement; On the Verge of Revolution; Newport During the War; British and French Occupation of Newport; Religious Founders; Freemasons; Native and Visiting Artists; Backward Glances; Women of Newport; Slave-Ships, Pirates, and Privateersmen; Newport Naval Heroes, and Centres of Interest. Includes 95 illustrations, plus a fold-out map of Newport and a Key to Residences and Points of Interest.

Newport, our social capital (The Leisure class in America)

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