"For more than two centuries, the Hamptons, a beach resort on the southeastern end of New York's Long Island, have been home to a vibrant community of artists and writers. It was here that Winslow Homer painted bathers and strollers on the ocean beach and Walt Whitman began writing Letters From a Traveling Bachelor. Lee Krasner created her Earth Series in a cramped studio shared with her husband, Jackson Pollock, while down the street Willem de Kooning painted some of his greatest masterpieces.

James Fenimore Cooper, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Herman Melville, Frank O'Hara, Patsy Southgate, Peter Matthiessen, Jane Freilicher, Betty Friedan, Robert Motherwell, and Robert Wilson are just a few of the gifted figures to draw inspiration from this famous and fashionable retreat.

Illustrated with archival photos and reproductions of the artists' work, and filled with personal ancecdotes and detailed information about the legendary people, places, and events, Hamptons Bohemia chronicles the evolution of a community of the colorful characters who have inhabited it."--BOOK JACKET.