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Styx

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ISBN-10: 1453209905

ISBN-13: 9781453209905

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jonathon King

List price: $19.99
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A powerful historical novel of greed, murder, and conspiracy set in turn-of-the-century Palm Beach The Great Migration of the 1890s remade south Florida as Northern developers, former sharecroppers, and recent immigrants rushed to the state to seek their fortunes. Sitting atop it all was the Royal Poinciana Hotel, built on the shores of Palm Beach by real estate tycoon Henry Flagler. Nearby was the Styx, an African American community that housed many of the Royal Poinciana’s 1,200 workers. Shortly after the hotel’s completion, the Styx would be mysteriously burned to the ground in a tragedy clouded for generations by rumor and myth—until now. Riveting and suspenseful,The Styxis a historical…    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication date: 10/14/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Author and journalist Jonathon King began his journalism career at the Philadelphia Daily News. During his career he has covered the crime and criminal courts beat and currently works for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as a news feature writer. He writes the Max Freeman series and his debut novel, The Blue Edge of Midnight won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.