DAN RATTINER is an award-winning writer and the editor and
publisher of Dan’s Papers, the free newspaper he founded in 1960
when he was twenty years old. He lives on Long Island, New
York.
www.danrattiner.com
“[R]efreshing as a dip in the ocean at Main Beach….Rattiner,
longtime publisher of the locally beloved weekly newspaper Dan’s
Papers, provides a beach-chair view of New York’s storied swath of
spot-lit sand in his new memoir.” –USA Today
“Rattiner’s tales have the flavor of oral history, the passing
along of stories from friend to friend….In these narratives, the
evidence of a life well-lived on a well-carved shore, Rattiner
bottles the spirit of a rural enclave turned glamorous destination.
In a characteristic tale, the author joins with a determined
Giorgina Reid to arrest the crumbling of the Montauk cliff face,
thus saving the iconically rugged and glorious lighthouse. Rattiner
does the same in this treasury, preserving the myth and mystery of
the shoreline, making sure memory erodes not, and that the light
stays always on.”
—The Hampton Sheet
"Whether Rattiner is writing about well-known people or local
notables, he presents his material in entertaining fashion, holding
the readers' interest. His unusual vantage point enables him to
trace a half-century of changes 'In The Hamptons.'"
—Jewish Journal
“As publisher of the Montauk Pioneer in the early 1960s, which
branched into the longtime Hampton free newspaper, Dan's Papers,
Rattiner knows his territory and shares a collection of charming
early memories of the people among whom he lived and worked. Most
of the recollections are from the 1960s, when the author, a Harvard
graduate student in his 20s, having been introduced to Montauk when
his father moved the family there to take over White's Pharmacy in
1956, runs the press largely by himself, borrowing a thousand
dollars from local banker Merton Tyndall. While knocking
door-to-door to sell ad pages and drum up stories, he meets the
remarkable seasonal denizens of the Hamptons, such as the lovely
daughter of Harrison Tweed III, Babette; the drinkers at Jungle
Pete's, tightlipped about their dead crony Jackson Pollock; artist
Balcomb Greene; the sun-bathing lady proprietors of the Memory
Motel; reclusive John Steinbeck; and the real-life shark hunter
Frank Mundus. As the Hamptons change from sleepy beaches to
celebrity enclaves, the likable Rattiner boasts (modestly) about
refusing an interview with then nobody Richard Nixon and playing
baseball with notables such as George Plimpton and Bill
Clinton.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Dan Rattiner has been chronicling the people and events of the
Hamptons for as long as I’ve been going there (since the sixties).
If anyone wanted some insight into what made this area such an
interesting place, all they’d need was a copy of In the Hamptons.
It’s as close to rubbing elbows as you can get. Enjoy!”
—Billy Joel
“If a guy says it happened in the Hamptons, and Dan Rattiner
doesn’t know about it, it didn’t. Welcome to the high stool at the
bar in the Memory Motel.”
—Tom Wolfe
“Dan Rattiner, a first-rate observer of life, has been observing
the life of the Hamptons for nearly fifty years. In the Hamptons,
the result of all that clear-eyed observation, gives us every facet
of the place—the strange and ridiculous, the artistic, the funny,
the lovable and beautiful. Fifty years from now when people ask,
‘What were the Hamptons?’ they will need only to pick up this rich,
sparkling book.”
—Roger Rosenblatt, author of Lapham Rising
“A great read! Rattiner has done a terrific job with Dan’s Papers,
and his book, In the Hamptons, is as colorful and engrossing as you
would expect. He describes the coming-of-age of the Hamptons with
insight and affection.”
—Donald J. Trump
“Wonderful reading....If I write here that I cannot imagine a
chronicle more inclusive and revealing, fascinating and objective,
yet for the greater part affectionate, I am not piling it on too
thick. This book is damn good work.”
—Edward Albee
"[R]efreshing as a dip in the ocean at Main Beach....Rattiner,
longtime publisher of the locally beloved weekly newspaper Dan's
Papers, provides a beach-chair view of New York's storied swath of
spot-lit sand in his new memoir." -USA Today
"Rattiner's tales have the flavor of oral history, the passing
along of stories from friend to friend....In these narratives, the
evidence of a life well-lived on a well-carved shore, Rattiner
bottles the spirit of a rural enclave turned glamorous destination.
In a characteristic tale, the author joins with a determined
Giorgina Reid to arrest the crumbling of the Montauk cliff face,
thus saving the iconically rugged and glorious lighthouse. Rattiner
does the same in this treasury, preserving the myth and mystery of
the shoreline, making sure memory erodes not, and that the light
stays always on."
-The Hampton Sheet
"Whether Rattiner is writing about well-known people or
local notables, he presents his material in entertaining fashion,
holding the readers' interest. His unusual vantage point enables
him to trace a half-century of changes 'In The Hamptons.'"
-Jewish Journal
"As publisher of the Montauk Pioneer in the early 1960s,
which branched into the longtime Hampton free newspaper, Dan's
Papers, Rattiner knows his territory and shares a collection of
charming early memories of the people among whom he lived and
worked. Most of the recollections are from the 1960s, when the
author, a Harvard graduate student in his 20s, having been
introduced to Montauk when his father moved the family there to
take over White's Pharmacy in 1956, runs the press largely by
himself, borrowing a thousand dollars from local banker Merton
Tyndall. While knocking door-to-door to sell ad pages and drum up
stories, he meets the remarkable seasonal denizens of the Hamptons,
such as the lovely daughter of Harrison Tweed III, Babette; the
drinkers at Jungle Pete's, tightlipped about their dead crony
Jackson Pollock; artist Balcomb Greene; the sun-bathing lady
proprietors of the Memory Motel; reclusive John Steinbeck; and the
real-life shark hunter Frank Mundus. As the Hamptons change from
sleepy beaches to celebrity enclaves, the likable Rattiner boasts
(modestly) about refusing an interview with then nobody Richard
Nixon and playing baseball with notables such as George Plimpton
and Bill Clinton."
-Publishers Weekly
"Dan Rattiner has been chronicling the people and events of the
Hamptons for as long as I've been going there (since the sixties).
If anyone wanted some insight into what made this area such an
interesting place, all they'd need was a copy of In the Hamptons.
It's as close to rubbing elbows as you can get. Enjoy!"
-Billy Joel
"If a guy says it happened in the Hamptons, and Dan Rattiner
doesn't know about it, it didn't. Welcome to the high stool at the
bar in the Memory Motel."
-Tom Wolfe
"Dan Rattiner, a first-rate observer of life, has been observing
the life of the Hamptons for nearly fifty years. In the
Hamptons, the result of all that clear-eyed observation, gives
us every facet of the place-the strange and ridiculous, the
artistic, the funny, the lovable and beautiful. Fifty years from
now when people ask, 'What were the Hamptons?' they will need only
to pick up this rich, sparkling book."
-Roger Rosenblatt, author of Lapham Rising
"A great read! Rattiner has done a terrific job with Dan's
Papers, and his book, In the Hamptons, is as colorful
and engrossing as you would expect. He describes the coming-of-age
of the Hamptons with insight and affection."
-Donald J. Trump
"Wonderful reading....If I write here that I cannot imagine a
chronicle more inclusive and revealing, fascinating and objective,
yet for the greater part affectionate, I am not piling it on too
thick. This book is damn good work."
-Edward Albee
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