Philistines at the Hedgerow, Steven Gaines
Philistines at the Hedgerow, Steven Gaines
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Philistines at the Hedgerow
Passion and Property in the Hamptons

Author: Steven Gaines

Narrator: Steven Gaines

Abridged: 2 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/07/2018


Synopsis

Bestselling author Steven Gaines's "richly entertaining" (People) and juicy social history of the Hamptons.

As one of America's most fabled communities--long a magnet for artists, celebrities, the very rich, and their respective hangers-on--the Hamptons have been a scene of constant collision among the established old guard, New Money, and the local families who farmed and fished the region for generations. In serving up three centuries of Hamptons history, Steven Gaines introduces a host of colorful characters including Jackson Pollock, Ron Perelman, Lauren Bacall, and the Bouvier Beales of Grey Gardens infamy.

Philistines at the Hedgerow is a mesmerizing feat of storytelling--a book that takes us behind the privet hedges and rolling sand dunes and brings vivid life to the curious passions and personalities that animate the Hamptons.

About Steven Gaines

STEVEN GAINES is the New York Times bestselling author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons and The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of the Beatles (with Peter Brown). His journalism has appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and New York magazine, where he was a contributing editor for 12 years. Mr. Gaines is the co-founder and a past vice-chairman of the Hamptons International Film Festival.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Selina on July 22, 2009

A deliciously voyeuristic look at the ultra rich Hamptons, the summer retreat of wealthy WASPy americans. It is written by an insider so it has all the goss on who lives where, the country clubs, the cliques and the council courtcases. I only wish the author had included a map so I could visualise t......more

Goodreads review by Leah on January 10, 2012

I've always had a fascination with the Hamptons and every time I'm home on the North Fork, there is always the pull of the South Fork that draws me to the small towns and causes me to buy silly things like a magnet that says "Hamptons Girl" or a very expensive hooked-wool pillow that says "The East......more

Goodreads review by Paul Gaya Ochieng Simeon on April 06, 2023

God tests us...Don't you know this life is a test? Some He tests with riches and good fortune. Many men have failed such a test. And they will be judged. Others He tests with illness or poverty, or with jinn who come in the shape of men-or husbands...Come down here with me and I will tell you how......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on August 20, 2015

A delightful history of the Hamptons, full of stories of the many rich and entitled people who flock there, with a few true eccentrics thrown in. The chapters are sprinkled with some real tidbits of American history, like the stories of Jackson Pollack and the Murphy's efforts to get the surrealists......more

Goodreads review by Tine on December 07, 2024

If you can sit through a bit of real estate prices, this is a fun book about the Hamptons.......more