Fifty Feet in Paradise: The Booming of Florida.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984. First Edition, stated. Octavo, orange cloth & tan boards (hardcover), gilt lettering, map illustrated endpapers, 324 pp. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. From dust jacket: Our American dream has long been of a little plot in the sun -- fifty feet in paradise. Ever since Ponce de Leon’s quest for the fountain of youth, Florida land has held the promise of a good life. Those who have shaped its history are those who came with big dreams. Paradise or not, Florida has been no place for the fainthearted. Here is the story of Florida’s flamboyant growth, its booms and busts. Here, too, is the story of several Floridas. A state that will be fourth largest in the Union by the year 2000 is not simply seen or simply characterized.