American Castle - The Notorious Legacy of Mar-a-Lago

The characters, scandals, and secrets that shaped America's most controversial residence.

Emerging from family tragedy and newfound chances, the story of Mar-a-Lago starts when heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and investor E.F. Hutton built their ode to Roaring Twenties excess in south Florida. And as the hood ornament of Palm Beach society, not even a catastrophic hurricane could deter winter revelries there. No one could have predicted what followed: This 126-room wonder has withstood mutual adultery, high-stakes divorces, ruinous development plans, apathetic heirs, and financial collapses. All this...even before Donald Trump was given the keys to the front door.

American Castle reveals a power couple's dream oasis colliding with the Kennedys, Lady Bird Johnson, Richard Nixon, the National Park Service, and Donald Trump--the man who fused a private club with a Winter White House and watched the FBI raid his own home.

About the author

Journalist Mary C. Shanklin has written for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel, USA Today, Architectural Record, and more. A Pulitzer Prize cofinalist for a series on the Pulse nightclub shootings and winner of journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors, and more, Shanklin resides in Winter Garden, Florida.

Summary

The unvarnished history of America's most notorious palace and its American queen

Product details

• Authors: Mary Shanklin
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.10.2024
• EAN: 9781635769869
• ISBN: 978-1-63576-986-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Illustrations: 15-25 B&W photos
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, US South