Nostalgic Florida: Iconic Vintage Art of the Sunshine State

by Doug Alderson

Overview

Using iconic images and many not so well-known illustrations, Nostalgic Florida is apictorial history of all that has come to represent Florida in print media. Chapters laden with vintage images explore the myths and reality of Florida as a tropical Eden. Sections on romantic Florida, Florida’s bathing beauties, funny Florida, and working Florida culminates with a chapter on the kitsch that has come to represent the Sunshine State.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683343233
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2022
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.37(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Doug Alderson is a Florida naturalist and writer. He has published many articles in magazines such as Wildlife Conservation, Sierra, and Florida Wildlife, and has written several books on nature in Florida. He is also the author of A New Guide to Old Florida Attractions and Traveling Florida’s Seminole Trail (Pineapple Press).

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Romanticized and Paradisiacal Florida 13

Fair Maidens and Bathing Beauties 43

Funny Florida 73

Working Florida 91

The Kingdom of Kitsch 113

Modern Promotions 129

Bibliography 143

About the Author 147