num_pages: 245
description: MY GOLD COAST is more than a story of South Florida in earlier years. It is a warm and compelling account of how the Florida peninsula came to be; how the Spanish found the "land of flowers" near St. Augustine and moved southward; how the southern part of the state lived in the 1920s and through the early 1960s. It tells of life in Miami when the metropolis was young; of Kelsey city, the dream child of a Massachusetts developer; of Palm Beach and of Delray Beach and Boca Raton, the area in which Lora sinks Britt lived for many years. colorful glimpses of persons like Lady Astor, Richard Nixon, Theodore Pratt and others, as well as tragedies like those caused by German submarines during World War II, run through MY GOLD COAST. This is not a formal history of South Florida, but events and dates are factual. The warmth of the author's personality is reflected throughout MY GOLD COAST. Her writing skills of 40 years as a newspaper reporter and editor make this interesting and informative r
language: English
title: My Gold Coast: South Florida in Earlier Years
titlecomplete: My Gold Coast: South Florida in Earlier Years
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Brittany House