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<p><b>Among the Mansions of Eden</b> is a fascinating and dishy exploration of Beverly Hills — a rarefied community that has become a part of our country's mythos, a city renowned for its ostentatious displays of wealth. It takes you behind the gates of the rich and famous for an insider's view of the elite's rapturous and tragic attempts to realize the American Dream.</p> <p>From Rodeo Drive to Beverly Hills High School, <b>Among the Mansions of Eden</b> tells the city's story by capturing the individuals who are emblematic of various factions of Beverly Hills society: The cast of unforgettable characters includes the late Milton Berle, who spent his last days surrounded by aging cronies in the cavernous ballroom of the Friars Club, haunted by the ghosts of the past; Fred Hayman, a former banquet manager who opened a boutique called Giorgio and transformed Rodeo Drive from a provincial retail district to a phantasmagoric midway that caters to the world's most affluent shoppers; Gavin de Becker, a poor kid from a broken home who became the security broker to the stars; Mark Hughes, the health-supplement wunderkind who parlayed a trunkful of vitamin pills into a billion-dollar empir

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Author

Weddle, David

Publisher

New York : Morrow

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060198176

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

3.7 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14