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Usually ships in 1 business days | | Only 5 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Today's Newport attracts countless visitors from around the world; its streets are alive with art, culture, wealth and beauty. Yet the city harbors echoes of a dark and turbulent past, including a variety of haunted sites: the Jailhouse Inn, Astor's Beechwood, the White Horse Tavern--America's oldest tavern--and many more. These stories show a side of Newport that history books alone could never tell, and help you peer past the city's gilded facade to discover dark secrets sure to spook and surprise. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | John T. Brennan | | Paperback: | 128 pages | | Publisher: | The History Press | | Publication Date: | September 30, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1596293357 | | Package Length: | 9.0 inches | | Package Width: | 6.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.4 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 1 reviews |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Great surprise Oct 30, 2007
While the focus is on, as the subtitle proclaims, "Spirits, Scoundrels, Legends, and Lore," the book provides a large amount of background on Rhode Island, the Providence Plantations, and, of course, Newport itself.
If you ever go to Newport, one-time playground of the world's wealthiest men, this book is almost essential; and even if you never plan to go, it's interesting, well-written, and nicely illustrated. I was grabbed in the first chapter by the story of the Jailhouse Inn, a renovated colonial prison:
"The Newport Jailhouse was not designed to be completely escape-proof. It was never considered particularly strong or secure. Especially early in Newport history, jail sentences were rare; colonists preferred public humiliation as punishment for crimes."
I was surprised by how well written and well researched this book is. Most of the photography was very good, too - and there's lots of it (though some photos are a bit muddy, which I believe is the publishers' fault based on my experience with print).
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