Title: Cypress Gardens, America's tropical wonderland : how Dick Pope invented Florida /
Authors: Vickers, Lu.
Publisher: University Press of Florida,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Pope, Richard Downing,; Tourism Florida History.; Cypress Gardens (Winter Haven, Fla.) History.; Winter Haven (Fla.) History.
Contents: Land of sunshine and roses -- The 1930s : the Barnum of botany -- The 1940s : war, water skis, and belles -- The 1950s : the man who invented Florida (and the Florida-shaped pool) -- The 1960s : Esther Williams, Mike Douglas, and Johnny Carson come to town -- The 1970s : Dick welcomes Mickey -- The 1980s and 1990s : fighting back against the "worlds" -- Defying gravity and hurricanes.