World's Finest Beach: A Brief History of the Jacksonville Beaches - Hardcover

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781540224330

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by Donald J. Mabry (Author)

Beginning as a summer resort for the wealthy, the oceanfront of Jacksonville has morphed into an outrageously popular tourist destination, stretching from Mayport to Ponte Vedra Beach. Encompassing a fishing village, luxury hotels, a carnival, railroads, mines and flocks of tourists, these beaches have a vast and eclectic history. Discover how Mayport became an adjunct of one of the largest naval bases in the United States and how a former mine called Mineral City became Ponte Vedra. Noted historian Don Mabry traces the fascinating history of what he still considers home from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first in this warm account of the "World's Finest Beach."

Number of Pages: 178

Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN

Publication Date: May 06, 2010

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