In the Hamptons 4Ever: Mostly True Tales from the East End

In the Hamptons 4Ever: Mostly True Tales from the East End (Excelsior Editions)

More stories of the outsized and the ordinary from the editor and publisher of Danâ€™s Papers.

This is Dan Rattinerâ€™s fourth collection of essays about the fishermen, farmers, celebrities, billionaires, and artists who live, work, and play in the Hamptons. As the founder and publisher of Danâ€™s Papers, a weekly community newspaper, Rattiner knows the Hamptons backwards and forwards, and stories of his encounters on the South Fork of Long Island give readers a greater understanding of how this community has changed over the years and the major figures who have shepherded these changes along.

In addition to well-known faces such as Dr. Oz and billionaires like Ira Rennert and his wifeâ€”who built the second-largest private home in Americaâ€”youâ€™ll also read about motel owners, art gallery owners, an ad salesman for Danâ€™s Papers, and a philanthropist who at one time had nearly a dozen historical buildings on her $100 million property in East Hampton. The book also provides some of the hoaxes and tall tales that the author has fabricated over the years to entertain the readers of Danâ€™s Papers, including the moving radar tower at Montauk, the great Ecuadorian eel attack, and the Hamptons subway.

â€œDanâ€™s book, as does his newspaper, creates a chronicle of the women and men who have chosen to live in this magical place over these different decades, so one gets a very personal picture of how it was and is. Danâ€™s seen it all and isnâ€™t keeping it under his very real hat.â€ â€” from the Foreword by Barbara L. Goldsmith

Praise for Dan Rattiner

â€œDanâ€™s memoirs are like Danâ€™s newspapers: charming, whimsical, fun, and filled with insightful knowledge of the East End conveyed with a twinkle in the eye.â€ â€” Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs

â€œIf there was an honorary mayor of the Hamptons it would have to be Dan Rattiner â€¦ a raconteur with a wicked sense of humor and an eye for detail.â€ â€” Long Island History Journal

â€œIf a guy says it happened in the Hamptons, and Dan Rattiner doesnâ€™t know about it, it didnâ€™t.â€ â€” Tom Wolfe

Dan Rattiner is an award-winning writer and the editor and publisher of Danâ€™s Papers, the free newspaper he founded in 1960 when he was twenty years old. He is the author of many books, including In the Hamptons Too: Further Encounters with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities and Still in the Hamptons: More Tales of the Rich, the Famous, and the Rest of Us, both also published by SUNY Press, and In the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities. He lives on Long Island.
Country USA
Manufacturer Excelsior Editions
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-06-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Excelsior Editions
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-06-30
Format	Kindle eBook

In the Hamptons 4Ever: Mostly True Tales from the East End (Excelsior Editions)

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