All the glamor and style that the name
"Palm Beach" evokes in the imagina
tion are captured in this beautiful book, which
is at once a history of the fabulous resort and a
guide to giving parties the modern Palm Beach
way. Ever since Henry Morrison Flagler made
the semitropical island into an exclusive
winter playground, Palm Beach has been at
tracting discriminating pleasure seekers from
all over the world and setting a high standard
for their entertaimnent. From the 1890s
through the 1920s and up to World War II, the
settings for these glamorous occasions were
most often the great hotels like the Breakers
and Royal Poinciana, clubs like Bradley s and
the Everglades, and the mansions of the mil-
lionaires, more often than not exotic multi-
roomed Spanish palaces designed by Addison
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