
- 321 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Chapter One - A BEGINNING IN BENICIA
- Chapter Two - THE PALM BEACH ARCHITECT
- Chapter Three - THE SILENT TOUCHES OF TIME
- Chapter Four - THE SPORT
- Chapter Five - THE KLONDIKE
- Chapter Six - A MANSION ON FIFTH AVENUE
- Chapter Seven - GENTLE LARCENY
- Chapter Eight - KETCHEL
- Chapter Nine - THE DEEP PURPLE
- Chapter Ten - SEA SERPENTS
- Chapter Eleven - A MATTER OF PHILOSOPHY
- Chapter Twelve - THE BOOM
- Chapter Thirteen - VISION
- Chapter Fourteen - WHEN FISH BECAME BIRDS
- Chapter Fifteen - THE CRASH
- Chapter Sixteen - THE MAIN EVENT
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