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| Author | : Ginger Lee Pedersen |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2012-09-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1614236682 |
A vivid biography of the nineteenth-century society couple who helped turn a tropical wilderness into a Gilded Age paradise. Palm Beach’s sunny and idyllic shores had humble beginnings as a wilderness of sawgrass and swamps only braved by the hardiest of souls. Two such adventurers were Fred and Byrd “Birdie” Spilman Dewey, who pioneered in central Florida before discovering the tropical beauty of Palm Beach in 1887. Though their story was all but lost, this dynamic couple was vital in transforming the region from a rough backcountry into a paradise poised for progress. Authors Ginger Pedersen and Janet DeVries trace the remarkable history of the Deweys in South Florida from their beginnings on the isolated frontier to entertaining the likes of the Flaglers, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Cluetts, Clarkes, and other Palm Beach elite. Using Birdie’s autobiographical writings from her bestselling books to fill in the gaps, Pedersen and DeVries narrate a chapter in Florida’s history that has remained untold until now.
| Author | : Ginger Pedersen |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781609496579 |
Palm Beach's sunny and idyllic shores had humble beginnings as a wilderness of sawgrass and swamps only braved by the hardiest of souls. Two such adventurers were Fred and Byrd "Birdie" Spilman Dewey, who pioneered in central Florida before discovering the tropical beauty of Palm Beach in 1887. Though their story was all but lost, this dynamic couple was vital in transforming the region from a rough backcountry into a paradise poised for progress. Authors Ginger Pedersen and Janet DeVries trace the remarkable history of the Deweys in South Florida from their beginnings on the isolated frontier to entertaining the likes of the Flaglers, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Cluetts, Clarkes and other Palm Beach elite. Using Birdie's autobiographical writings from her best-selling books to fill in the gaps, Pedersen and DeVries narrate a chapter in Florida's history that has remained untold until now.
| Author | : Dean of Curriculum and Educational Technology Ginger L Pedersen |
| Publisher | : History Press Library Editions |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2012-09-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781540207159 |
Palm Beach's sunny and idyllic shores had humble beginnings as a wilderness of sawgrass and swamps only braved by the hardiest of souls. Two such adventurers were Fred and Byrd "Birdie" Spilman Dewey, who pioneered in central Florida before discovering the tropical beauty of Palm Beach in 1887. Though their story was all but lost, this dynamic couple was vital in transforming the region from a rough backcountry into a paradise poised for progress. Authors Ginger Pedersen and Janet DeVries trace the remarkable history of the Deweys in South Florida from their beginnings on the isolated frontier to entertaining the likes of the Flaglers, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Cluetts, Clarkes and other Palm Beach elite. Using Birdie's autobiographical writings from her best-selling books to fill in the gaps, Pedersen and DeVries narrate a chapter in Florida's history that has remained untold until now.
| Author | : Jan Tuckwood |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Oral history |
| ISBN | : 9781563521775 |
| Author | : William E McGoun |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2015-10-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1561647675 |
The history of the Palm Beach area, the Treasure Coast, and Lake Okeechobee is one of turbulence, growth, and especially change. Meet the visionaries and outlaws, physicians and poets who shaped this region of southeast Florida from the 1690s through the 1990s. Author William McGoun's stories are sometimes hair-raising, sometimes amusing, and always engaging. Well researched and dotted with photos from The Palm Beach Post archives, this collection of mini-biographies reads like a who's who of Florida history.
| Author | : Jan Tuckwood |
| Publisher | : Lyons Press |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2019-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781493042227 |
Little more than 100 years ago, West Palm Beach was a nameless stretch of scrub and swamp dotted by a few settlements. Then Henry Flagler arrived. In a matter of months, the Standard Oil tycoon turned Palm Beach into a world-renowned resort. And across Lake Worth from his fancy paradise, he fashioned a service city - West Palm Beach. This is the story of the unique mix of high society and endless summer that has developed there.
| Author | : Byrd Spilman Dewey |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 1908 |
| Genre | : Dog, Legends and stories of |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Jan Tuckwood |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Oral history |
| ISBN | : 9781563527449 |
| Author | : Laurence Leamer |
| Publisher | : Hachette Books |
| Total Pages | : 525 |
| Release | : 2009-01-20 |
| Genre | : True Crime |
| ISBN | : 1401395554 |
The New York Times bestselling history of the glamour and debauchery of the ultra-wealthy Palm Beach community--from The Breakers to Trump's Mar-a-Lago. For more than a hundred years, Palm Beach has been an exclusive and exotic universe of wealth and privilege in America. And until Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme devastated its eternally sunny world, the reality of this affluent enclave has rarely been exposed to outsiders. Now, in Madness Under the Royal Palms, resident insider Laurence Leamer reveals the secrets and scandals of this South Florida island via a cast of characters that includes social climbers, trophy wives, sugar daddies, glamorous widows and their "escorts," sociopathic multimillionaires, and elegant society queens. Dive into the unbelievable true story of love, lust, money, and murder in a uniquely American paradise.
| Author | : Byrd Dewey |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 116 |
| Release | : 2016-03-05 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781530402632 |
From Pine Woods to Palm Groves is a delightful tale of pioneer life in Palm Beach County. Byrd Spilman Dewey, Florida's Pioneer Author, tells of her life in 19 century Palm Beach, before Henry Flagler built his resorts and made Palm Beach the playground of the rich and famous. The book tells of the Dewey's first pioneer homestead, nestled in the sand pine woods. She describes her encounters with the Seminole Indians and surviving in the unforgiving South Florida climate. Their grand estate Ben Trovato, nestled in a palm grove, is then revealed, a stunning Victorian cottage on the shores of Lake Worth. Be enchanted by a long lost time in a wild and new paradise called Palm Beach. Also includes the bonus story The Tale of Satan.
