Read an excerpt from historian Gary Mormino's "Dreams in the New Century: Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida’s Turning Point," a follow-up to Mormino's popular "Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida."
Gary R. Mormino, past director of the Florida Studies Program at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, has written several books about Florida history, including "Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams.'' A biography of former Gov. Millard Fillmore Caldwell is his latest.
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