TY  - BOOK
AU  - Standiford,Les
TI  - Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the rise of America's Xanadu
SN  - 9780802128492
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atlantic Monthly Press
KW  - Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site (Palm Beach, Fla.)
KW  - History
KW  - Palm Beach (Fla.)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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