For sale--American paradise : how our nation was sold an impossible dream in Florida / Willie Drye.

The story of how Florida became entwined with Americans' 20th-century hopes, dreams and expectations, and how it was the site of mass delusion, real estate collapses, and catastrophic hurricanes. For Sale--American Paradise focuses on the experiences of William Jennings Bryan and Edwin Menninge...

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Main Author: Drye, Willie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Conneticut : LP, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
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520 |a The story of how Florida became entwined with Americans' 20th-century hopes, dreams and expectations, and how it was the site of mass delusion, real estate collapses, and catastrophic hurricanes. For Sale--American Paradise focuses on the experiences of William Jennings Bryan and Edwin Menninger, the two men who shaped the image of Florida that we know today and who sold that image as America's paradise. It's also a tale of the euphoria and mass delusion that inevitably happens when times are good and people convince themselves that they've found a foolproof way to have it all, have it now, and keep it forever. 
505 0 |a CHAPTER ONE An Old Man's Memories; CHAPTER TWO Railroad to Dreamland; CHAPTER THREE Dreamers and Thieves; CHAPTER FOUR Leave Your Brain at Home; CHAPTER FIVE The Stars Shine Brightest in Florida; CHAPTER SIX The Bootlegger's Curse; CHAPTER SEVEN "Many Die; Cities Razed"; CHAPTER EIGHT Spinning the Tempest; CHAPTER NINE Hope from the Swamp; CHAPTER TEN Mr. Brown in Paradise; CHAPTER ELEVEN Blown Away; CHAPTER TWELVE Dreamland After All; Acknowledgments; A Note about Sources; Notes; Index. 
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