{"product_id":"9781596299672","title":"World's Finest Beach: A Brief History of the Jacksonville Beaches","description":"\u003cbr\u003eBeginning as a summer resort for the wealthy, the oceanfront of Jacksonville has morphed into an outrageously popular tourist destination, stretching from Mayport to Ponte Vedra Beach. Encompassing a fishing village, luxury hotels, a carnival, railroads, mines and flocks of tourists, these beaches have a vast and eclectic history. Discover how Mayport became an adjunct of one of the largest naval bases in the United States and how a former mine called Mineral City became Ponte Vedra. Noted historian Don Mabry traces the fascinating history of what he still considers home from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first in this warm account of the \"World's Finest Beach.\"","brand":"History Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055857221872,"sku":"9781596299672","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781596299672_p0.jpg?v=1769901718","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781596299672","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}