| Edition |
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. |
| Description |
319 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Map on liner paper. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index. |
| 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 |
| Subject |
Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site (Palm Beach, Fla.) -- History.
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Palm Beach (Fla.) -- History.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV).
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TRAVEL / United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV).
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Florida -- Palm Beach.
(OCoLC)fst01215470
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Florida -- Palm Beach -- Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site.
(OCoLC)fst01323783
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780802128492 (hardcover) |
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0802128491 |
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9780802146458 (ebook) |
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