Blending fiction with social history, this novel tells of the 1889 flood that destroyed Johnstown, Pa., and killed more than 2,200 people, a tragedy caused in part by a wealthy resort's failure to fix an aging dam.

There are, in fact, two Deauvilles: one is the wealthy, ebullient resort of late July, August and early September; the other is the peaceful, uncrowded Deauville of October through June.

They stumble half a mile in the rain to a friend's house, casualties of domestic battles not commonly associated with this wealthy resort.

In contrast to the near standstill at American Beach, the surrounding wealthy resorts are busy expanding.

Graham ("Gray") Fielder returns from Europe to the wealthy resort of Newport, Rhode Island, to see his dying uncle Frank Betterman.

Pompeii: This great Roman city was a wealthy resort and mecca for fun-lovers before it was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

Founded long ago as wealthy resort, the Lawrence area still has estates.

This well-preserved former mining settlement, now a wealthy year-round resort, appears well braced for the challenge.

Several prominent families have established compounds or estates on the larger islands, making these islands some of the wealthiest resorts in the Northeast, yet they retain much of the early merchant trading and whaling culture.

Penarth is the wealthiest seaside resort in the Cardiff Urban Area, and the second largest town in the Vale of Glamorgan, next only to the administrative centre of Barry.