Mr. Flagler's St. Augustine
Arguably no man did more to make over a city-or a state-than Henry Morrison Flagler. Almost single-handedly, he transformed the east coast of Florida from a remote frontier into the winter playground of America's elite. Mr. Flagler's St. Augustine tells the story of how one of the wealthie...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2014.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dr. Anderson of St. Augustine, 1839-1880
- Visions of the ancient city, 1869-1880
- The private Henry Morrison Flagler, 1830-1883
- Coming to Florida, 1883-1885
- Architects Carrere and Hastings, 1885
- Remaking the oldest city, 1885
- First, buy the railroad, 1885-1886
- Construction of the Ponce de Leon, 1885-1887
- Transforming St. Augustine, 1887
- Electricity, water, and final touches, 1887
- Opening day, 1888
- Upstairs and downstairs, 1888-1890
- Memorial Church, 1890
- Hotel life in paradise, 1891
- The season in St. Augustine, 1892-1893
- After the ball is over, 1893-1895
- On to Miami, 1896-1897
- Into Caribbean waters, 1897-1899
- Modern times, 1900-1902
- The challenge of Key West, 1903-1906
- Returning to St. Augustine, 1906-1911
- Final days, 1912-1913.