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(More customer reviews)This book was an interesting read because it not only contained a lot of detail and illustrations, it also flowed as a narrative and brought the people and times to life. There were a lot of conversations with old timers and excellent comments brought out of old diaries and documentation. It filled in the blanks for me and gave me a feeling of actually being there rather than reading halting captions under old photos. I did not appreciate the "political" overtones inserted by the author, however; that was a distraction and an annoyance. His personal slant marred an otherwise lively, informative book.
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Beginning as a summer resort for the wealthy, the oceanfront of Jacksonville has morphed into an outrageously popular tourist destination, stretching from Atlantic Beach to Neptune Beach. Encompassing a fishing village, luxury hotels, a carnival, railroads, mines and flocks of tourists, these beaches have a vast and eclectic history. Discover how Mayport became an adjunct of one of the largest naval bases in the United States and how a former mine called Mineral City became Ponte Vedra. Noted historian Don Mabry traces the fascinating history of what he still considers home from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first in this warm account of the "World's Finest Beach."
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