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Blueprint of an Eden
Collins
November 2007
On Sale: October 23, 2007
328 pages
ISBN: 0061346160
EAN: 9780061346163
Hardcover
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Miami Beach, Blueprint of an Eden is the story of an extraordinary time and place. It is the concurrent stories of two families placed by destiny in a position to tell them: the Wolfsons, and the Okas. Miami Beach has long been public property, well advertised and of easy access. This book takes it into the realm of private property, thereby giving it a private reading, an intimate touch, by which Miami Beachβs strengths and absurdities are equally open to view. Through letters, a personal narrative is established that reveals Miami Beach as living experience. The authors maintain the objectivity of anthropologists, who honor their material even as they dissect them and place it on the historical record. The book illuminates actual documents - maps, blueprints, schematics, recipes, sheet music, photographs- setting only one limitation: the use of intimate family archives. Most of the people, sights, events and structures articulated in these pages were part of the fabric of our families. But unlike anthropologists, the authorβs are inseparable from what is presented. With respect and a great sense of celebration, we share our insights as to what it was like to grow up in an atmosphere that time would render mythical. Michele Oka Doner and Mitchell Wolfson Jr.
 Media BuzzMartha Stewart - October 10, 2007
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