Newspaper-Real Estate Schemes of the 1920s: Pell Lake and Other Vacation Colonies for Working Class Subscribers

by Margaret B. Barker

In the 1920s, newspapers and real estate developers colluded in a scheme to sell tiny vacation lots to subscribers. A zealous advertising campaign spawned a land-buying frenzy that sprouted dozens of waterfront summer colonies across the country. The resulting legal, social and environmental mayhem caused some of these communities to disappear or be drastically altered in character, while others managed to survive more or less intact.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476681813
• ISBN13: 9781476681818
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up