Florida's Grand Hotels from the Gilded Age

by R. Wayne Ayers

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439617120
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/05/2005
Series:	Images of America Series
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	61 MB
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About the Author

Author R. Wayne Ayers is a reporter and feature writer for Tampa Bay Newspapers and serves on the board of directors of the Indian Rocks Beach Historical Museum. He is the author of Tampa Bay�s Gulf Beaches, Tampa Bay�s Gulf Beaches: The Fabulous 1950s and 1960s, and St. Petersburg: The Sunshine City in the Images of America series. Ayers uses vintage images from a variety of sources, including Flagler College, the Plant Museum, Florida State Archives, and private collections, to create this unique and entertaining �living history� of Florida�s grand hotels.