Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight.
Knight, Henry, 1982-
2013
HC107.F6 K58 2013
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Title
Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929 / Henry Knight.
Author
Knight, Henry, 1982-
ISBN
9780813044811
9780813048413 (electronic bk.)
Published
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
HC107.F6 K58 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
330.9759
Summary
An examination of how land barons, railroad kingpins, and journalists, among others, "sold" Americans on the idea of Florida and California as a paradise within reach.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Tropic of hopes : California, Florida, and the selling of American paradise, 1869-1929.
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