Cypress Gardens, America's tropical wonderland
Subtitle: how Dick Pope invented Florida
By: Lu Vickers
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780813034997
Subjects: Tourism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Land of sunshine and roses; title: The 1930s : the Barnum of botany; title: The 1940s : war, water skis, and belles; title: The 1950s : the man who invented Florida (and the Florida-shaped pool); title: The 1960s : Esther Williams, Mike Douglas, and Johnny Carson come to town; title: The 1970s : Dick welcomes Mickey; title: The 1980s and 1990s : fighting back against the "worlds"; title: Defying gravity and hurricanes.