Florida's Grand Hotels from the Gilded Age
Nonfiction, Travel, Museums, Tours, & Points of Interest, Lodging & Restaurant Guides
| Author: | R. Wayne Ayers | ISBN: | 9781439617120 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | October 5, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | R. Wayne Ayers |
| ISBN: | 9781439617120 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | October 5, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Florida in the late 1800s was a paradise waiting to be discovered. During this period, two visionary tycoons of the Gilded Age set out on separate ventures that would transform the Sunshine State from America�s last frontier into a destination for the rich and famous. The grand hotels that Henry M. Flagler and Henry B. Plant opened at their planned resort sites offered a fantasy stay surrounded by all the accoutrements expected by sophisticated, Gilded Age patrons. Florida�s Grand Hotels from the Gilded Age provides a look at these magnificent structures during their glory years, along with the fashionable entertainment and social and recreational pastimes that engaged their gilded guests.
Florida in the late 1800s was a paradise waiting to be discovered. During this period, two visionary tycoons of the Gilded Age set out on separate ventures that would transform the Sunshine State from America�s last frontier into a destination for the rich and famous. The grand hotels that Henry M. Flagler and Henry B. Plant opened at their planned resort sites offered a fantasy stay surrounded by all the accoutrements expected by sophisticated, Gilded Age patrons. Florida�s Grand Hotels from the Gilded Age provides a look at these magnificent structures during their glory years, along with the fashionable entertainment and social and recreational pastimes that engaged their gilded guests.
