Publisher's Synopsis
Achildhood in Florida's charming Northern Palm Beach County creates genuinenostalgia for sun, sand and running barefoot under palm trees. Those memories includehurricanes and Hetzel Brothers Christmases, Sir Harry Oakes's haunted mansionand James Munroe Munyon's Fountain of Youth. The once quaint little coastaltowns from Riviera Beach to Jupiter are now much larger, but the memories of s'moresand summer camps remain. Author Ruth Hartman Berge weaves memories of a boomerchildhood in Northern Palm Beach County with the history of the people and theplaces so many loved in this glimpse into a Florida that no longer exists.
