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More Adventures with Old Houses

The Edgewater Experience

More Adventures with Old Houses( )
Author: Jenrette, Richard Hampton
ISBN:978-0-9825737-0-9
Publication Date:Feb 2010
Publisher:Classical American Homes Preservation Trust
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $25.00
Book Description:

In Dick Jenrette's newest book, More Adventures With Old Houses, he writes about his odyssey of finding and returning the antiques and fine arts that belonged to the early 19th century owners of Edgewater, his classical revival home, built in the 1820s on the Hudson river. The story of how these furnishings came home again is nothing short of miraculous. This book is a sequel to Adventure With Old Houses.

Book Details
Pages:66
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9.87 x 10.9 x 0.32 Inches
Book Weight:0.95 Pounds
Author Biography
Jenrette, Richard Hampton (Author)
Richard Hampton Jenrette was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on April 5, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina. He worked as an insurance salesman for two years. He received a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University Business School.

He worked for two years as a portfolio manager at the Wall Street firm Brown Brothers Harriman. In 1960, he, William H. Donaldson, and Dan Lufkin founded the Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. In 1985, Jenrette sold the firm to Equitable Life. He also preserved historic homes and founded the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust. His books included Jenrette: The Contrarian Manager and Adventures with Old Houses. He died from complications of lymphoma on April 22, 2018 at the age of 89.

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