Palm Beach: A Greater Grandeur

Palm Beach: A Greater Grandeur

Augustus Mayhewâ€™s revealing and entertaining essays portray Palm Beachâ€™s larger-than-life characters, bigger-than-ever mansions and bolder-than-most pursuits. Focused on the fine line between illusion and reality so often blurred at Palm Beach, the book explores the town's standing as an ultimate destination where extravagance, eccentricity and the unexpected are commonplace. This detailed volume chronicles Palm Beach's unique ever-changing landscape from its origin as a remote tropical refuge to its transformation into an international resort playground that recreated itself as an exclusive residential enclave. â€œAugustus Mayhew takes nothing for granted when writing about old Palm Beach â€¦ delves beneath the expected in new book. Mayhewâ€™s essays are written in a style as breezy as Midtown Beach in November â€” and with a wit as dry as a gutter on Royal Poinciana Way in February.â€ â€“ Palm Beach Daily News. New insights into Paris Singer and the building of the Everglades Club are gained from previously undiscovered research materials and archival sources in the United States and England. Our awareness and appreciation of Otto Kahnâ€™s role in the founding of Palm Beachâ€™s exclusive clubs are enriched by his diaries, account ledgers and correspondence found among the Otto H. Kahn Papers at Princeton Universityâ€™s Firestone Library. On a lighter note, Judge James R. Knottâ€™s wedding diary documents the numerous at-home ceremonies he performed, taking the reader inside the world of private Palm Beach where guests were asked to hum "Here Comes the Bride." Considering Palm Beachâ€™s fondness for distractions, the book also delves into the resortâ€™s passion for aviation, dancing, portraits, movie-making, marriage and divorce. Comprised of essays originally published at the New York Social Diary, Palm Beach Daily News and Palm Beach Life magazine, this new collection is illustrated with numerous historical photographs.
Country USA
Brand East Side Press
Manufacturer East Side Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780692645659
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	East Side Press
Manufacturer	East Side Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780692645659
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Palm Beach: A Greater Grandeur

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