| Edition |
First Diversion Books edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Pilloried and plundered -- A capitol day -- Death's door -- Born on a bed of coral -- The truth about Florida -- The circus -- "An insouciant minx" -- Monumental albatrosses -- "Luster's last stand" -- Lady Bird lands -- The president and Bebe -- Smithsonian sway -- Mar-a-Lago national park -- Park barrel politics -- The sinking of the outrageous -- Trump's house of cards -- Raided and arrested. |
| Summary |
"The unvarnished history of America's most notorious palace"--Inside jacket. |
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The story of Mar-A-Largo starts even before heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and investor E.F. Hutton built this ode to Roaring Twenties excess atop a coral reef in south Florida. How did Palm Beach's most famous manse become the chew toy for tabloid headline writers? Shanklin reveals the disputes, politics, and lifestyles of a power couple's dream oasis through its history and to the current day. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site (Palm Beach, Fla.)
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Palm Beach (Fla.) -- Social life and customs.
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Rich people -- Florida -- Palm Beach -- Social life and customs.
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Rich people -- Homes and haunts -- Florida -- Palm Beach.
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Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Homes and haunts -- Florida -- Palm Beach.
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| ISBN |
9781635768961 (hardcover) |
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1635768969 (hardcover) |
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