Steven Gaines is the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Pas­sion and Prop­er­ty in the Hamp­tons, The Sky’s the Lim­it: Pas­sion and Prop­er­ty in Man­hat­tan, and Sim­ply Hal­ston, a biog­ra­phy of the fash­ion design­er, among oth­er books. He is a for­mer NPR radio host.