Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the rise of America's Xanadu / Les Standiford

Author: Standiford, Les
Published: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2019]
Copyright Date: ©2019
Edition: First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Description: 319 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm

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Contents

Flagrante -- Nouveau riche -- Finding Xanadu -- Madness -- Buying a legislature -- End of the line -- No second acts -- The baton passes -- Gloria in excelsis -- The queen is dead-- long live the queen -- Little cottage by the sea -- Hard times -- Sea change -- A place in readiness -- House without a home -- Angel from America -- Never say ever -- What remains.

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. -- adapted from jacket

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ISBN

9780802128492 hardcover
0802128491 hardcover

Note

Map on liner paper.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.

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