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

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]
Subjects:
Bryan, William Jennings, > 1860-1925.
Menninger, Edwin A. > (Edwin Arnold), > 1896-1995.
Bryan, William Jennings, > 1860-1925
Menninger, Edwin A. > (Edwin Arnold), > 1896-1995
1900-1999
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Politics and government
Florida > Politics and government > 20th century.
Florida
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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