Cypress Gardens, America's Tropical Wonderland: How Dick Pope Invented Florida

by Lu Vickers

Where America's wildest dreams came true "At Cypress Gardens--the original Florida theme park--movie stars, water-ski champs, and southern sweethearts created magic. More than anyone, even Walt Disney, Dick Pope Sr. invented Florida as America's dream vacationland. This journey back to the attraction in its heyday brims with wonderful images, true tales, and the author's great love for and understanding of the real Florida."--Joy Wallace Dickinson,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081303499X
• ISBN13: 9780813034997
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 10.3" x 7.3"