Now available: Americans and the Making of the Riviera, a new book published by McFarland.

Led by Cole Porter in the nineteen twenties, Americans revolutionized the Riviera by demonstrating that the best season to visit was not the winter, but the summer. Before he arrived the season ran from September to April. The Americans created the summer season. In the twentieth century Americans took over the nineteenth century British role of shaping tourism on the Riviera.