Publisher Description
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.
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About Steven Gaines
Steven Gaines is the New York Times bestselling author of several books. His journalism has appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and New York magazine, where he was a contributing editor for twelve years. He is the co-founder and a past vice-chairman of the Hamptons International Film Festival. Peter Brown is the former COO of Apple Corp, the Beatles’ financial empire. He has been a Beatles intimate since their earliest days in Liverpool. He was best man at John and Yoko’s wedding, he introduced Paul to Linda Eastman, and he is the only real person ever mentioned in a Beatles song, “Peter Brown called to say, you can make it okay, you can marry in Gibraltar near Spain,” from the “Ballad of John and Yoko.” He is chairman of the international public relations firm of BLJ Worldwide.