Florida in the Great Depression: Desperation and Defiance

The financial boom of the 1920s gave Florida citizens a look at prosperity and promise. By 1926, natural disasters, financial misdeeds and failures to realize those promises created a sense of impending doom and forced entrepreneurs into bankruptcy. With the hurricane of 1928, the boom was over, and coupled with bank failures and numerous farming epidemics, Florida plunged into a depression--two years before the stock market crash of 1929. Journey with noted Florida historians Nick Wynne and Joseph Knetsch as they detail the hardships of the times and the defiance of a state determined to rise above them.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 11/20/2012
ISBN: 9781540207678
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d