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Discover how America’s coastlines reveal a nation at leisure. Uncover lively resort life, historic wells of culture, and the changing ways we vacation across the country.
This collection surveys the American shoreline, from bustling Jersey beaches to secluded spa towns and winter retreats. It blends social history with vivid landscape, showing how beaches, rails, and hotels shaped a uniquely democratic holiday culture.
- Learn how seaside towns rose to iconic status and what they say about American society.
- See how resort life blended luxury, politics, and everyday leisure across different regions.
- Experience the texture of historic hotels, grand promenades, and evolving vacation fashions.
- Get a sense of how Americans transformed travel into a year‑round social ritual.
Ideal for readers of travel writing and American social history who want a vivid sense of how vacation habits echoed the nation’s growth.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a picturesque tour through American summer destinations at the turn of the 20th century. The author paints a vivid image of the era's vacation culture, from the bustling beaches of the Atlantic Coast to the serene waters of the Great Lakes, with stopovers at Niagara Falls and other scenic wonders. Along the way, the author provides historical context and social commentary, exploring themes of class, leisure, and the pursuit of pleasure. The insight the book offers into the evolution of American vacationing makes it a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any history buff or travel enthusiast. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330156964_0
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