This is the definitive biography of a famous developer and fascinating entrepreneur. Born in Indiana, Carl Fisher helped build the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and headed promotion for the Indy 500. But these feats were only prologue to his grandest adventure, as primary developer and promoter of Miami Beach.

Mark S. Foster was professor of history at the
University of Colorado, Denver. His many books include From Streetcar
to Superhighway: American City Planners and Urban Transportation, 1900-1940 and Henry
J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West.