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WESTHAMPTON: Golden Days and Memories for a Lifetime is Mansfield’s seventh book. Its preface begins with, “Westhampton is in my blood.” In some 300 pages the author makes his case by telling sometimes hilarious tales of family, friends and situations.
He calls his “life experiences in Westhampton…the most joyful in my nearly four score years. They have provided clear and warm memories all the way from childhood to the present day, a span of more than 76 years. The richness of these experiences is inestimable but oh so gratifying, as they were golden days and memories for a lifetime.”
In his epilogue Mansfield writes: “An online dictionary defines nostalgia as ‘a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.’ To me these words apply perfectly to my life and times in Westhampton.”
It is a funny, story-telling book.

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Publié par	Xlibris US
Date de parution	05 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669822493
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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WESTHAMPTON: Golden Days and Memories for a Lifetime
By Chuck Mansfield
New York Times bestselling author of action adventure and suspense novels Nelson DeMille has written, “I’ve read Mansfield’s wonderful book, WESTHAMPTON: Golden Days and Memories for a Lifetime , which is a beautifully written and deeply-felt memoir of a time and place that is both familiar and other-worldly. The strength of this book is not only the idyllic setting and the historic winds of change that ruffle the pages, but the people who populate this unique and special piece of America. Chuck Mansfield demonstrates the old writing adage that, ‘If the writer is having fun, the reader will be having fun.’ And clearly Mr. Mansfield was having fun remembering the times and people who live on in these pages. This is really a great accomplishment. I, too, love Westhampton and this brought back good memories.”
Reviewer Lucine Marous has written, “Once again Mansfield has succeeded in entertaining his readers, this time by introducing the setting of his family members and friends at leisure in Westhampton Beach as far back as the years during World War II. His description of the innate kindness of the servants at Cedar Beach House when he was a youngster portrays a lifestyle that readers will surely appreciate. Additionally, to learn something of the times ‘then, now and in between’ chez Mansfield is to understand why his experience there holds such an important place in his life. His recollections make for delightful reading, both for those who know the area and for those who haven’t yet visited there. Postscript: The cover painting should win attention from all—somehow, the notion of the movement of water lifts the human spirit.”
Conservative writer Sylvia Thompson has emailed, “It is a wonderful experience for me to get a glimpse of someone else’s life, when that life is so different from my own. And Mansfield’s is such an ‘all-American’ life. It’s uplifting to see what a strong faith and a solid patriotism can do for families. Catholic tradition had a lot to do with America’s strength. Mansfield’s family and friends are proof of that. I grew up Protestant, but had lots of childhood Catholic friends, and was in awe of priests and nuns (the way they dressed commanded respect. Mansfield has presented a truly missed time-gone-by for all of us, wherever in this great nation we grew up).”
Dr. Dennis C. Golden , President Emeritus of Fontbonne University, a Vietnam-era Marine Corps captain and an author, has penned, “If you want to read a truly wonderful book about life, laughter and true love of person and place, read WESTHAMPTON . Accomplished author Chuck Mansfield blends time and place with family, friends, freedom and faith via his unabashed love of Westhampton, Long Island, N.Y. This book will bring light and laughter to your life. Do take the opportunity to read it.”
Of the book, author, former coach and retired law firm administrator Thomas P. Kiley, Jr. has written, “It is beautifully organized and honed, equally, interesting to a Mansfieldophile and to the general reader.”
Dr. N. Rama Krishna has written that “Mansfield is indeed a highly accomplished author with a rather distinguished lifetime experience in the financial services industry.”
Former Marine Corps combat helicopter pilot and Vietnam War veteran Bain D. Slack has written, “Chuck Mansfield has written a wonderful memoir about a beautiful place where he and his wife, Mame, have made their home for several decades. I was privileged and very honored to receive an invitation for me and my wife, Christina, to attend the annual ‘Gathering’ in 2015, so I have seen the home and the whole area that Chuck describes in the book. It is indeed very beautiful and their home is very gracious, and the towns are very quaint, colorful and nice. But, to me, even more beautiful than the place are the people described in this book: the Mansfields’ large family, composed of talented, energetic successful people. Their large circle of lifelong friends is composed of people who work hard to educate themselves, and prepare for a successful, prosperous career, and strive to live the American Dream. But one thing sets these kinds of people apart from the vast majority of the American public: These people volunteer to join the United States armed forces, fight and kill the enemies of this country all across the world, and make it possible for the American people to have ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’”

WESTHAMPTON
GOLDEN DAYS AND MEMORIES FOR ALIFETIME

CHUCK MANSFIELD
With Praise from Nelson DeMille

Copyright © 2022 by Chuck Mansfield.
ISBN:
Hardcover
978-1-6698-2251-6

Softcover
978-1-6698-2250-9

eBook
978-1-6698-2249-3

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

The cover’s beach and sea scene is by artist Joann Dean, used with her permission and published with the author’s gratitude.

The cover’s sea shell image is courtesy of www.pixabay.com . It is “Free for commercial use No attribution required.”

Unless otherwise indicated, the photographs and other images herein are courtesy of the author and used with his permission. Some of these belonged to the photograph collection of Mary C. Mansfield, the author’s late mother, who gave them to him. Several other photographs were taken with the author’s self-timer camera.

This book is a memoir, largely a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author, other contributors and the publisher make no explicit guarantee as to the accuracy of the information contained herein. In some cases, stories have been revised or reconstructed, and the names of people and places altered to protect their privacy.

Scripture is taken from the World English Bible.

Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.
Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

Rev. date: 05/05/2022

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Contents
Preface
Dedication
Other Writings by Chuck Mansfield
Acknowledgements
The Westhampton Of Yore
A City Girl In Westhampton
By Mary Ann Mansfield
A Eulogy For Angelica
Lawrence Jules Charrot
Mary Elizabeth Charrot Mansfield
My Aunt Jeanne: A Reflection
A Poem And A Eulogy For Mavis
Bits And Pieces Of Good Times Past
Mamie’s Boot Camp
By Mary Ann Mansfield
The Church Of The Immaculate Conception
A Would-Be Cantor Who Can’t
Long Island: “The Most Wonderful Place On Earth”
By Jim Norwood
Summer Interlude (Saturday, July 17, 1965)
By Tom Kiley
Westhampton Memories
By G. Michael Hostage and Thomas Andrew Hostage
A Westhampton Remembrance
By Sheila O’Brien
The Folly Of Renting Our Westhampton Home
The Beach
By Katie Mansfield
Cupsogue Beach
By Frank Fallace
Which Way To The Beach?
By Pat Killian
Gull Guide
By Katie Mansfield
A Very Exclusive Club
By Frank Teague
Westhampton Recollections
By Patty and Bob Lund
The Gathering: A Remembrance
By Roger Hunt
The Gathering: My View
Walter Harris, Friend
A Tale Of A Whale Of A Christmas Tree
An Inconvenient Tree
Long Island’s North Fork Wine Country And Pindar Vineyards
Hampton Eateries Then, Now And In Between
An Unwanted, Unwelcome And Wayward Woodpecker
Our Intriguing Audubon Prints
The Kileys Of Westhampton, If Ye Please! (Well, Almost!)
By Tom Kiley
Water, Hospitality, Refuge And The Fence
By Katie Mansfield
A Perfect Storm: The Hurricane Of 1938
Hell On Earth: The Sunrise Wildfire Of 1995
The Hamptons Eruv
By Mary Ann Mansfield
Lieutenant General Arthur C. Blades, USMC (Ret.)
Colonel Kevin P. Brooks, USMCR (Ret.)
Hallock W. Culver, American Hero
Westhampton Country Club
Bobby Jenkins, Friend
The Westhampton Beach Outdoor Art Show
The Hamptons Television Series
A V-Tach Attack
Epilogue
About The Author
Preface
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life is only beginning. I think that is the only way to keep adding to one’s talent, and one’s inner happiness.
—George Sand
W esthampton is in my blood. I have loved this special place and its environs for some three quarters of a century. My mother, Mary, first brought me there (at age two months) in June 1945 when we were living with my maternal grandparents at their Brooklyn home while my father, Charlie, flew missions against the Japanese from bases in the South Pacific during World War II, which the United States won there that summer and in Europe the prior year.
Beginning in the 1940s my maternal grandparents, Angelica (Stewart) and Lawrence Charrot (pronounced Sharrow ), whom their grandchildren and great-grandchildren always called Mimi and Poppa, respectively, rented a small cottage each summer at The Cedar Beach House & Cottages in Westhampton, N. Y., on the east end of Long Island. Summers there for a youngster like me from the gritty streets of Brooklyn’s Flatbush section were extraordinary – bucolic, idyllic and s