Les Standiford talked about his book, Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America’s Xanadu , in which he recounted the creation of the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, by cereal…
657 viewsLes Standiford talked about his book The Man Who Invented Christmas, in which he recalls Charles Dickens' writing of A Christmas Carol. He spoke at the 2017 Miami Book Fair.
1,603 viewsBook TV hosted a panel discussion on books and the joys of reading. Guests included Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books and Books, and authors Les Standiford and Ana Menendez. The guests also re…
1,220 viewsLes Standiford talked about his book Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America, published by Crown. He recounted the details o…
2,320 viewsSteven Hackel, Junipero Serra: California’s Founding Father; Les Standiford, Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles; and Miriam Pawel, …
585 viewsAuthor David Nasaw talked about his book The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy, in which he chronicled Mr. Kennedy’s life. Author Les Standiford talked …
534 viewsEdmund White Rimbaud: The Double Life of a Rebel), Les Standiford, The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits)…
344 viewsLes Standiford talked about his most recent book, "Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean", published by Crown Publish…
197 viewsAuthor Tony Horwitz talked about his book Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before, published by Henry Holt and Company. In this book he follows the path of one of the…
225 viewsAuthors, Dave Barry and Scott Turow, spoke at the Miami Book Fair. They talked about their books, “Tricky Business” and "Reversible Errors".
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