Assouline To Publish Ultimate Book On The Hamptons This Summer

In June, French luxury publisher Assouline will come out with the ultimate tribute to the "American Riviera," aka the Hamptons — you know, that exclusive stretch of Long Island favored by the rich and famous — with their new publication, The Big Book of the Hamptons. Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Shnayerson, who has been chronicling the goings-on in the posh enclave for decades, looks back at its humble beginnings as a fishing community and haven for artists through to the present-day population of billionaires and celebrities.

He puts perspective on the mansions of the mega-rich, which are not really a new phenomenon as the tycoons of the Gilded Age were the first to build enormous estates there. From Walt Whitman and Winslow Homer to Martha Stewart and Paris Hilton, Shnayerson looks at the outsized personalities who have always been attracted to the place.

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