Jeffrey B. (coastiejeff) - , reviewed Lots of Promise, Little Delivery on 11/14/2008 + 12 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I had high hopes for this rather small book (180 pages) but came away disappointed. I'm not sure Mr. Kaplan, who authored a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Mark Twain, knew what he wanted to accomplish with this book. It's certainly not a definitive biography of this unique family, nor of the grand hotels they built. It attempts to find the middle ground and explain a bit about each, but comes up woefully short in both arenas.

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