Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the rise of America's Xanadu /
Standiford, Les,
Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the rise of America's Xanadu / Les Standiford. - First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. - 319 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm
Map on liner paper.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.
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.
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
9780802128492 0802128491
40029555851
2019033513
Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site (Palm Beach, Fla.)--History.
Palm Beach (Fla.)--History.
Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the rise of America's Xanadu / Les Standiford. - First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. - 319 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm
Map on liner paper.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.
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.
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
9780802128492 0802128491
40029555851
2019033513
Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site (Palm Beach, Fla.)--History.
Palm Beach (Fla.)--History.