In the Hamptons 4Ever

<p><b>More stories of the outsized and the ordinary from the editor and publisher of</b><b><i> Dan's Papers</i></b><b>.</b></p><p>This is Dan Rattiner'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 <i>Dan's Papers</i>, 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.</p><p>In addition to well-known faces such as Dr. Oz and billionaires like Ira Rennert and his wife-who built the second-largest private home in America-you'll also read about motel owners, art gallery owners, an ad salesman for <i>Dan's Papers</i>, 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 <i>Dan's Papers</i>, including the moving radar tower at Montauk, the great Ecuadorian eel attack, and the Hamptons subway.</p><p>"Dan'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. Dan's seen it all and isn't keeping it under his very real hat." - from the Foreword by Barbara L. Goldsmith</p>