America's grand resort hotels

By Jeffrey Limerick, Richard Limerick, Jeffrey; Ferguson, Nancy; Oliver, Richard Oliver

Book Overview

Where did yesterday's elite vacation, and what has happened to the Grand Resorts of the past. Why have some fallen into disrepair, while others linger on in the afterglow of the past success and still... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394501071
• ISBN13: 9780394501079
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a VALUABLE GUIDE TO THE LUXURY OF THE PAST

THIS BOOK IS A USEFUL GUIDE TO THE HOTELS OF THE PAST WHICH SHAPED THE AMERICAN IDEA OF VACTION AND LUXURY. ARRANGED BY REGION, IT IS QUITE USEFUL IN PLANNING TRIPS TODAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN HOW AMERICA TRAVELLED. IT IS A SHAME HOW MANY OF THESE GRAND HOTELS HAVE FALLEN AWAY AND THIS BOOK IS INVALUABLE IN CAPSULIZING THOSE THAT ARE LEFT. ITS TOO BAD THAT THERE ARE NOT FURTHER VOLUMES TO EXPLORE THE SUBJECT MORE EXTENSIVELY