Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the rise of America's Xanadu /
When Henry Flagler arrived at the island of Palm Beach in April 1893, it was a dense tangle of palmetto brush and mangroves. Within a year, he had built the Royal Poinciana Hotel, and two years later what was to become the legendary Breakers. Now Palm Beach has become synonymous with exclusivity, a...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Standiford, Les
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Atlantic Monthly Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. |
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| Subjects: |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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