Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the rise of America's Xanadu
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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.
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Book
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm
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Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.
Edition
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Language
English
UPC
40029555851

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Map on liner paper.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.
Description
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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