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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| Format: | Book |
| 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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| Summary: | 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 fabled landscape intertwined with the colorful lives of its famous protagonists. Standiford brings alive a fabled place and the characters, the rich, famous and infamous alike, who have been drawn to it. |
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| Item Description: | Color map on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | 319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates (some color) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780802128492 0802128491 |