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Standiford, Les.
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Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, Fla. : Estate)
Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site (Palm Beach, Fla.) -- History.
Palm Beach (Fla.) -- History.
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Standiford, Les.
Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, Fla. : Estate)
Mar-A-Lago National Historic Site (Palm Beach, Fla.) -- History.
Palm Beach (Fla.) -- History.
MARC Display
Palm
Beach
,
Mar-A-Lago
, and the
rise
of
America
's
Xanadu
/ Les Standiford.
by
Standiford, Les.
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019.
Call #:
975.9 S785p
Subjects
Mar-a-Lago
(
Palm
Beach
, Fla. : Estate)
Mar-A-Lago
National Historic Site (
Palm
Beach
, Fla.) -- History.
Palm
Beach
(Fla.) -- History.
ISBN:
9780802128492
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
319 p. : ill. (some color), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"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
." As Les Standiford relates, "the high walls of
Mar-a-Lago
and other manses like it were seemingly designed to contain scandal within as much as keep intruders out." With the authority and narrative prose style that has gained Standiford's work widespread acclaim,
Palm
Beach
,
Mar-a-Lago
, and the
Rise
of
America
's
Xanadu
tells the history of this fabled landscape intertwined with the colorful lives of its famous protagonists. Flagler'
s
own marriages to Ida Alice Shourds and Mary Lily Kenan perhaps initiated the dramas to come. While sewing machine heir Paris Singer and architect Addison 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."
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