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Orlando, City of Dreams (The Making of America: Florida)
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by Joy Wallace Dickinson
Sales Rank: 1186226
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List Price: $24.99
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 160 pages
Published by: Arcadia Publishing October 24, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0738524425
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0738524429
Book Dimensions:
9.7 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Product Description
Emerging as Florida's largest inland city, Orlando in its infancy more resembled the Old West than the Old Southóa frontier town born in the days of the Seminole Wars. The free-spirited early years of cattle ranching and cowboys on the palmetto prairie gave way to a series of booms throughout the cityís history. Whether it was railroads, real estate, citrus, or tourism, Orlando has been a community able to cultivate growth through big dreams and an ambitious attitude. ÝÝ
About The Author
Joy Wallace Dickinson, Florida history columnist at the Orlando Sentinel, peruses the legends and stories of "the City gorgeous" and the struggles it overcame while slowly metamorphosing into an iconic city at the turn of this new century. This captivating narrative thoroughly explores how influences such as agriculture, race relations, and modern tourism have molded metropolitan Orlando into the template of the American dream.
Reader Reviews
Orlando: City of Dreams is a well researched, fascinating account of pre-Disney Orlando in particular and Florida in general. It leads the reader through Florida history as a frontier land of opportunity where fortunes were made, lost and made again. From Osceola's Head through Civil War battles, hurricanes and killer frosts it reads more like a novel than a history book. The author grew up in Florida, moved out into the world then came back with a new appreciation for the Sunshine State. She includes a portfolio of vintage pictures which effectively enhance the wide open American feel of the book.
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