A tiny spit of sand barely 15 miles long and a mile wide, Miami Beach is famous throughout the world as a tropical haven, a holiday paradise, and playground of the rich and famous. "Miami Beach Memories" is a history of the people and events - both glamorous and unsavoury - that shaped this tropical paradise during its heyday, from the 1920's to 1960's, featuring more than 100 interviews with Miami's residents, from maids and cabbies, through burlesque strippers and gangsters, to famous actors and comedians. Their memories form a remarkable, fascinating and vivid portrait of the island's 'Golden Era'. Also included in this stunning volume are hundreds of black and white photographs - from evocative family portraits of the 'everyday' folk, to some of Miami's more famous residents, including the Beatles, Judy Garland, JFK, and many more.
- ISBN10 0762740663
- ISBN13 9780762740666
- Publish Date 1 November 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 August 2014
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint Globe Pequot Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English