{"product_id":"pioneers-in-paradise-west-palm-beach-the-first-100-years-9781493042227","title":"Pioneers in Paradise: West Palm Beach - the First 100 Years","description":"When Henry Flagler came to the Lake Worth region in 1893, he called is \"a veritable paradise.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then he had a vision: He would turn Palm Beach into the most highfalutin resort in the world. And he would build a commercial city across the lake \"for my help.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat city was West Palm Beach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat began as Flagler's servants' quarters soon became a bustling frontier town, as wild as any in the Wild West. And it attracted people every bit as colorful as the Vanderbilts and Astors who visited Flagler's grand hotels in Palm Beach. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its 100 fascinating years, West Palm Beach has survived a boom, a bust, a hurricane that killed 2,000, a war right off its shore, another boom, and a recession. Now it faces perhaps the greatest challenge of all, the revitalization of downtown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePioneers in Paradise captures the frontier spirit of the people who turned swamp into a city - and the natural beauty that lured them here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493042227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Jan Tuckwood,Eliot Kleinberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403406241973,"sku":"9781493042227","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f6464642-b14c-4960-80a4-72a923467f9c.jpg?v=1774969113","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pioneers-in-paradise-west-palm-beach-the-first-100-years-9781493042227","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}