Rogues and heroes of Newport's Gilded Age
By: Edward Morris
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781609497552
Subjects: Tours; Biography; History
Table of contents: title: History of colonial Newport.; title: Thousand British troops occupy Newport; title: Summer home of the Gilded Age; title: The sail yachting capital of New England; title: Founded for religious freedom; title: Bought land from the Indians; title: Antinomians founded Newport; title: Rum traded for slaves; title: George III came to the throne; title: Sugar Act cuts into profits; title: Rhode Island first to declare independence; title: French troops arrived; title: Rochambeau persuades Washington; title: Biographies.; title: Commodore Matthew C. Perry; title: August Belmont; title: Alfred Smith; title: James G. Bennett; title: Richard M. Hunt; title: Stanford White; title: Coachman's drive-around tour.; title: Downtown Harbor Front and colonial Newport; title: Bellevue Avenue; North; title: Bellevue Avenue; South; title: Beginning of Ocean Drive; title: Harrison Avenue and Harbor Front.