The Legendary Mizners
eBook - ePub

The Legendary Mizners

  1. 321 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Legendary Mizners

About this book

The real-life adventures of Addison and Wilson Mizner, the subjects of the Stephen Sondheim musical Gold!
Alva Johnston's joint biography of Addison and Wilson Mizner is a delightful portrait of two of the early twentieth century's most clever and infamous rascals. Born in the 1870s in California, the brothers quickly rose to prominence during the various booms of the 1920s.
Addison, the elder, was a self-made architect and real-estate dealer who designed many of the fantastic homes of the fantastically rich in Palm Beach. He could "age" a house and its furnishings to any period his client desired--and would pay for. Wilson's adventures were even more daring and varied, and his quick wit was legendary. In addition to getting rich on the Alaskan gold rush, he had careers as a singer, playwright, prizefight promoter, con man, real-estate salesman, and shady hotel owner. Perhaps his most famous quip was one he delivered on being told that President Coolidge had died: "How do they know?"

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Chapter One - A BEGINNING IN BENICIA
  4. Chapter Two - THE PALM BEACH ARCHITECT
  5. Chapter Three - THE SILENT TOUCHES OF TIME
  6. Chapter Four - THE SPORT
  7. Chapter Five - THE KLONDIKE
  8. Chapter Six - A MANSION ON FIFTH AVENUE
  9. Chapter Seven - GENTLE LARCENY
  10. Chapter Eight - KETCHEL
  11. Chapter Nine - THE DEEP PURPLE
  12. Chapter Ten - SEA SERPENTS
  13. Chapter Eleven - A MATTER OF PHILOSOPHY
  14. Chapter Twelve - THE BOOM
  15. Chapter Thirteen - VISION
  16. Chapter Fourteen - WHEN FISH BECAME BIRDS
  17. Chapter Fifteen - THE CRASH
  18. Chapter Sixteen - THE MAIN EVENT
  19. Also by
  20. Copyright Page