Bibliograph

American castle, one hundred years of Mar-a-Lago, Mary C. Shanklin

Type

Label

American castle, one hundred years of Mar-a-Lago, Mary C. Shanklin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American castle

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1395918594

Responsibility statement

Mary C. Shanklin

Sub title

one hundred years of Mar-a-Lago

Summary

"The unvarnished history of America's most notorious palace"--Inside jacketThe story of Mar-A-Largo starts even before heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and investor E.F. Hutton built this ode to Roaring Twenties excess atop a coral reef in south Florida. How did Palm Beach's most famous manse become the chew toy for tabloid headline writers? Shanklin reveals the disputes, politics, and lifestyles of a power couple's dream oasis through its history and to the current day. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Pilloried and plundered -- A capitol day -- Death's door -- Born on a bed of coral -- The truth about Florida -- The circus -- "An insouciant minx" -- Monumental albatrosses -- "Luster's last stand" -- Lady Bird lands -- The president and Bebe -- Smithsonian sway -- Mar-a-Lago national park -- Park barrel politics -- The sinking of the outrageous -- Trump's house of cards -- Raided and arrested

Target audience

adult

Classification