Homicide at Rough Point
(Book)
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Published
New York, NY : Tenacity Media Books, [2021]., , ©2021.
Physical Desc
xx, 412 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Status
Downtown Lansing - 2nd Floor-Non-Fiction
364.1523092 Lance
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364.1523092 Lance
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.
Duke, Doris, -- 1912-1993.
Gay men -- Crimes against.
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography.
LGBTQ+ people -- Crimes against.
Murder -- Investigation -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Newport (R.I.) -- Social life and customs.
Private investigators -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Tirella, Eduardo.
True crime stories.
Duke, Doris, -- 1912-1993.
Gay men -- Crimes against.
Heiresses -- United States -- Biography.
LGBTQ+ people -- Crimes against.
Murder -- Investigation -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Newport (R.I.) -- Social life and customs.
Private investigators -- Rhode Island -- Newport.
Tirella, Eduardo.
True crime stories.
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Published
New York, NY : Tenacity Media Books, [2021]., , ©2021.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-385) and index.
Description
In the fall of 1966, Eduardo Tirella, close confidant of billionaire Doris Duke, informed the possessive and vindictive heiress that he was leaving her employ as chief designer and art curator to return to Hollywood where his career as a set designer was just catching fire. Minutes later, she crushed him to death under the wheels of a two-ton station wagon as they were leaving Rough Point, her Bellevue Avenue estate in Newport, RI, the storied resort. In a murderous quid-pro-quo, the local police quickly ruled the incident "an unfortunate accident" and Doris began giving a fortune to Newport, restoring 70 colonial-era homes that quickly turned it into a tourist Mecca. In 2018, Lance, who started his career as a cub reporter for The Newport Daily News eight months after Tirella's death, began a re-examination of the case and proved that the mercurial tobacco heiress got away with murder. In a riveting, doggedly researched book with 105 illustrations -- including never-before seen forensic files -- Lance, a five-time Emmy winner, rewrites history and finally restores the reputation of Eduardo Tirella, a gay Renaissance man and war hero whom Duke went to great lengths to erase from the history of her troubled life.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lance, P. (2021). Homicide at Rough Point (First edition.). Tenacity Media Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lance, Peter. 2021. Homicide At Rough Point. Tenacity Media Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lance, Peter. Homicide At Rough Point Tenacity Media Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lance, Peter. Homicide At Rough Point First edition., Tenacity Media Books, 2021.
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