Jeff Delaney

Newport Beach (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Newport Beach, with its picturesque harbor and 10 miles of sandy beaches, has seen great change since its beginnings in the post-Civil War era. Originally a shipping port, it evolved into a haven for movie stars, rumrunners, and gamblers and finally transformed into today,s exclusive beach community and popular vacation destination. In his third book on Newport Beach, author and longtime resident Jeff Delaney opens a door between Newport,s past and what remains.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439640654
• Artikelnr.: 40009001

Autorenporträt

In this new retrospective, author Jeff Delaney has compiled more than 200 postcards to chronicle the city's past. A longtime area resident, Delaney has been collecting postcards and other memorabilia on Newport Beach for many years. These superb images depict early harbors and watercraft, the bathing attire of bygone eras, and Hollywood's use of the picturesque community as a backdrop for movies and television shows.