Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu [SIGNED FIRST EDITION]

Standiford, Les

Verlag: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2019

As new condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Les Standiford; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; and Image Credits. Illustrated with a section of both black-and-white and color photographic plates plus additional black-and-white photographs, a black-and-white frontispiece, color illustrated front and rear map endpapers. "The full and colorful history of the American resort town that redefined class, wealth, and celebrity, by Florida's preeminent historian and bestselling author. Looking at the island of Palm Beach today, with its unmatched mansions, tony shops, and pristine beaches, one is hard pressed to visualize the dense tangle of Palmetto brush and mangroves that it was when visionary entrepreneur and railroad tycoon Henry Flagler first arrived there in April 1893. Trusting his remarkable instincts, within less than a year he had built the Royal Poinciana Hotel, and two years later what was to become the legendary Breakers - instantly establishing the island as the preferred destination for those who could afford it. Over the next 125 years, Palm Beach has become synonymous with exclusivity - especially its most famous residence, "Mar-a-Lago." With the authority and narrative prose style that has gained Standiford's work widespread acclaim, [the book] tells the history of this fabled landscape intertwined with the colorful lives of its famous protagonists. While sewing machine heirs Paris Singer and architect Addision Mizner created the "Mediterranean look" of Palm Beach in the 1910s, inspiring the building of such modern day palaces as Eva and Ed Stotesbury's "El Mirasol," the centerpiece of Palm Beach became the fever dream of Marjorie Merriweather Post and her equally wealthy husband E.F. Hutton, for whom Ziegfeld Follies designer Joseph Urban built "Mar-a-Lago" in 1927. Marjorie "ruled" social Palm Beach through two other marriages and for years on her own until her death in 1973. The fate of her mansion threatened to tear apart the very fabric of the town until Donald Trump acquired it in 1985. Les Standiford brings alive a fabled place and the characters - the rich, famous, and infamous alike - who have been drawn inexorably to it." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 005766

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Palm Beach, Mar-A-Lago, and the Rise of ...
Verlag: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New
Signiert: Signed by Author(s)
Auflage: 1st Edition