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product_id: 252267313
title: "Stories of the Rich and Famous: Aiken's Winter Colony in the Gilded Age Paperback – September 23, 2012"
brand: "david m tavernier"
price: "KSh9396"
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reviews_count: 8
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# Stories of the Rich and Famous: Aiken's Winter Colony in the Gilded Age Paperback – September 23, 2012

**Brand:** david m tavernier
**Price:** KSh9396
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Stories of the Rich and Famous: Aiken's Winter Colony in the Gilded Age Paperback – September 23, 2012 by david m tavernier
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Little book with big stories
  

*by P***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2013*

My favorite thing about this book was the rare pictures of lost Aiken homes, such as "Dinsmore House," where Evalyn Walsh McLean, owner of the Hope Diamond hid her 100 million dollar jewel in her underwear drawer, and "Mon Repos," the Thomas Hitchcock home, "Elm Court," the Vanderbilt home, and "Tall Pines, the Colonel Anthony R. Kuser home..  The story of Evalyn Walsh's attempt to rescue the Lindbergh baby was heroic, but sad, and the chapter about William Collins Whitney was touching, when it related the tale of his second wife's terrible death from a horseback accident in Hitchcock Woods.  This is a little book filled with seven well-written chapters about some of Aiken's wealthy residents from the past.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A enjoyable, interesting read from the Amazon catalog.
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2012*

The author brings life to the milestone events in the lives of the horse-loving wealthy who made Aiken So. Carolina an enchanting resort where they could winter and play. He adds imagination to vignettes of the significant families by painting first-person stories, followed by a postlude historical recap of the subjects' destinies. The names of the winter-visitors include Vanderbilt, Whitney, Harriman, Casals, Stokowski and many more familiar to American history. I found the small book a big treat. The reaearch led to photos of the family members and the mansions they called 'cottages'.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Detailed history of the start of Aiken , SC
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020*

An amazing book on history of Aiken. The book was very well written, with stories that even made me cry. Excellent source of history for this lovely town. I have lived here seven years and did not even know half of history Aiken holds .

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