The late Steve Glassman was a professor of humanities at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

“full of interest and variety...a very good book...high quality, well written and quite evidently thoroughly researched.”—Midwest Book Review; “an entertaining and educational read”—The Florida Historical Quarterly.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Mickey, Mammals, Movies, and More: A Theme Park Extravaganza(Joy M. Banks)      Before the Mouse: From Glass-Bottom Boats to Gatorland(Keith L. Huneycutt)      Where Being Gay Isn’t a Drag(Margaret Mishoe and Michael Perez)      The Architecture of Dreams(Jeff Morgan)      Weathering the Climate(Steve Glassman)      Taking to the Water(Duncan H. Haynes)      Sunsets, Sunglasses, and Celebrities on the Small Screen(Valerie E. Kasper)      Dangerous Game: Snakes, Gators and One-Ton Sharks(Steve Glassman)      Hollywood East(Linda B. Moore)      “‘If you don’t like this town get out and stay out’”: Ernest Hemingway’s Key West(E. Stone Shiflet and James H. Meredith)      The Space Coast: Where Dreams Meet Possibilities(Tammy Powley)      Cuban Miami: Manufacturing Casablanca(Rafael Miguel Montes)      The Highwaymen and Other Black Icons(Edmondson Asgill)      The Dazzling Lure of Treasure Hunting(Kathleen Robinson)      Snowbirds Seek Solar Solace(Steven Knapp and Sarah M. Mallonee)      217Spring Break(Jeff Morgan and Salena Coller)      Motorsports Rev Up the Economy(Alan Pratt)      Peculiar Presidential Politics Among the Palm Trees(Steve Glassman)      About the Contributors      Index

The late Steve Glassman was a professor of humanities at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

“full of interest and variety...a very good book...high quality, well written and quite evidently thoroughly researched.”—Midwest Book Review; “an entertaining and educational read”—The Florida Historical Quarterly.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Mickey, Mammals, Movies, and More: A Theme Park Extravaganza(Joy M. Banks)      Before the Mouse: From Glass-Bottom Boats to Gatorland(Keith L. Huneycutt)      Where Being Gay Isn’t a Drag(Margaret Mishoe and Michael Perez)      The Architecture of Dreams(Jeff Morgan)      Weathering the Climate(Steve Glassman)      Taking to the Water(Duncan H. Haynes)      Sunsets, Sunglasses, and Celebrities on the Small Screen(Valerie E. Kasper)      Dangerous Game: Snakes, Gators and One-Ton Sharks(Steve Glassman)      Hollywood East(Linda B. Moore)      “‘If you don’t like this town get out and stay out’”: Ernest Hemingway’s Key West(E. Stone Shiflet and James H. Meredith)      The Space Coast: Where Dreams Meet Possibilities(Tammy Powley)      Cuban Miami: Manufacturing Casablanca(Rafael Miguel Montes)      The Highwaymen and Other Black Icons(Edmondson Asgill)      The Dazzling Lure of Treasure Hunting(Kathleen Robinson)      Snowbirds Seek Solar Solace(Steven Knapp and Sarah M. Mallonee)      217Spring Break(Jeff Morgan and Salena Coller)      Motorsports Rev Up the Economy(Alan Pratt)      Peculiar Presidential Politics Among the Palm Trees(Steve Glassman)      About the Contributors      Index

The late Steve Glassman was a professor of humanities at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

“full of interest and variety...a very good book...high quality, well written and quite evidently thoroughly researched.”—Midwest Book Review; “an entertaining and educational read”—The Florida Historical Quarterly.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Mickey, Mammals, Movies, and More: A Theme Park Extravaganza(Joy M. Banks)      Before the Mouse: From Glass-Bottom Boats to Gatorland(Keith L. Huneycutt)      Where Being Gay Isn’t a Drag(Margaret Mishoe and Michael Perez)      The Architecture of Dreams(Jeff Morgan)      Weathering the Climate(Steve Glassman)      Taking to the Water(Duncan H. Haynes)      Sunsets, Sunglasses, and Celebrities on the Small Screen(Valerie E. Kasper)      Dangerous Game: Snakes, Gators and One-Ton Sharks(Steve Glassman)      Hollywood East(Linda B. Moore)      “‘If you don’t like this town get out and stay out’”: Ernest Hemingway’s Key West(E. Stone Shiflet and James H. Meredith)      The Space Coast: Where Dreams Meet Possibilities(Tammy Powley)      Cuban Miami: Manufacturing Casablanca(Rafael Miguel Montes)      The Highwaymen and Other Black Icons(Edmondson Asgill)      The Dazzling Lure of Treasure Hunting(Kathleen Robinson)      Snowbirds Seek Solar Solace(Steven Knapp and Sarah M. Mallonee)      217Spring Break(Jeff Morgan and Salena Coller)      Motorsports Rev Up the Economy(Alan Pratt)      Peculiar Presidential Politics Among the Palm Trees(Steve Glassman)      About the Contributors      Index