Florida Vistas Book Club: Mr. Flagler's St. Augustine by Thomas Graham

Event Description

Join us for our monthly Florida history book club at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. Mr. Flagler’s St. Augustine tells the story of how one of the wealthiest men in America spared no expense in transforming the country’s “oldest city” into the “Newport of the South.” He built railroads into remote areas where men feared to tread and erected palatial hotels on swampland. He funded hospitals and churches and improved streets and parks. The rich and famous flocked to his invented paradise. Graham also gives a voice to the individuals history has forgotten: the women who wrote tourist books, the artists who decorated the hotels, the black servants who waited tables, and the journalists who filed society columns in the newspapers. Learn about the paintings that relate to this book. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285.

Free for members, $5.00 for future members.