Few Southern cities have stronger claims to fame than Fort Lauderdale. As one of the great vacation destinations in America, over the years it attracted such celebrities as Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield, Johnny Carson, Cary Grant, and the worldchampion New York Yankees. This beach town's history is starstudded and rich with interesting stories and photographs from that period.
This easy-to-read pictoral history provides both area residents as well as potential/actual visitors with a quick, well-thought-through introduction to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As with many of the "quick area history" books in this series, "Fort Lauderdale" is a very easy read and leaves one with an excellent backgound canvas with which to understand how contemporary Fort Lauderdale evolved.
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