Bubble in the sun : the Florida boom of the 1920s and how it brought on the Great Depression / Christopher Knowlton.
The 1920s in Florida was a time of incredible excess, immense wealth, and precipitous collapse. The decade there produced the largest human migration in American history, far exceeding the settlement of the West, as millions flocked to the grand hotels and the new cities that rose rapidly from the teeming wetlands. This examines the grand artistic and entrepreneurial visions behind Coral Gables, Boca Raton, Miami Beach, and other storied sites, as well as the darker side of the frenzy. For while giant fortunes were being made and lost and the nightlife raged, the pure beauty of the Everglades suffered wanton ruination and the workers, who built and maintained the boom, endured grievous abuses. Describes the forces that made and wrecked Florida during the decade: the real estate moguls Carl Fisher, George Merrick, and Addison Mizner, and the once-in-a-century hurricane whose aftermath triggered the stock market crash.
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- ISBN: 9781797104911
- ISBN: 1797104918
- ISBN: 9781797104928
- ISBN: 1797104926
- Physical Description: 11 audio discs (13.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York, NY] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2020]
- Copyright: ℗2020
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General Note: | Title from container. Compact discs. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Fred Sanders. |
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Independence Branch | 333.3309759 K73b 2020 (Text) | 33126023934080 | Compact Discs Nonfiction | Available | - |