Mrs. Leonard’s Motel
In 1969, the famous author and screen writer Elmore Leonard (Hombre, Get Shorty, 3:10 to Yuma, Freaky Deaky to name just a few) purchased a small motel on Pompano Beach for his mother . It is claimed that this was the inspiration for the Coconut Palms Resort Motel (which had no palms on the grounds) in Leonard’s 1982 novel the Cat Chaser.
