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LEADER: 02956cam a22003134a 4500
001 00066886
003 DLC
005 20150306150949.0
008 001115s2001 nyu b 001 0beng
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050 00 $aNA737.M59$bS44 2001
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100 1 $aSeebohm, Caroline.
245 10 $aBoca Rococo :$bhow Addison Mizner invented Florida's gold coast /$cCaroline Seebohm.
260 $aNew York :$bClarkson Potter,$cc2001.
300 $axvii, 284 p., [32] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-273) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Acknowledgments vii -- PREFACE: Addison's Napkin xiii -- PROLOGUE: "What could possibly go wrong?" 3 PART ONE CALIFORNIA: -- BLUEPRINT FOR'AN OPTIMIST 9 -- CHAPTER 1: "I am getting to be a perfect child about you." I1 -- CHAPTER 2: "The result was neither pretty or modest." 20 -- CHAPTER 3: I won't have it off!" 30 -- CHAPTER 4: "Father is fading very fast indeed." 40 -- CHAPTER 5: "An architect of great taste and little money." 54 -- CHAPTER 6: "The old pioneer blood of the tribe rose in my brain." 64 -- CHAPTER 7: "This is a country for the young, strong and stupid." 73 -- CHAPTER 8: "Why not fresco somebody's wall?" 84 PART TWO I NEW YORK: MANSIONS AND MONKEYS 99 -- CHAPTER 9: "Things are very comfortable here and the service is -- excellent." 101 -- CHAPTER 10: "All down Fifth and Madison, They love our Baby -- Addison." 115 -- CHAPTER 11: "From time to time I had to dip into my savings." 123 -- CHAPTER 12: "How rich you Americans are." 134 PART THREE FLORIDA: CASTLES IN THE AIR 147 -- CHAPTER 13: "Strange to say, we hit it off at once." 149 -- CHAPTER 14: "The place took the town by storm." 160 -- CHAPTER 15: "Once I have my story, then the plans take place -- easily." 170 -- CHAPTER 16: "We're going on a buying trip to Spain." 178 -- CHAPTER 17: "Each house Addison builds is more beautiful than the -- one before." 188 -- CHAPTER 18: "The Genius of Planners, Poet of Architects, Foremost -- Thinker of the Future." 206 -- CHAPTER 19: "We simply did not have enough money to hold out." 222 -- CHAPTER 20: "STOP DYING AM TRYING TO WRITE A COMEDY." 236 -- CHAPTER 21: "The kindest of men, a loyal and generous friend, and -- a hard worker." 255 Notes 265 -- Index 275.
600 10 $aMizner, Addison,$d1872-1933.
650 0 $aArchitects$zFlorida$vBiography.
650 0 $aArchitecture$zFlorida$xHistory$y20th century.
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