The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
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Florida has long been a beacon for retirees, but for many, the American dream of owning a home there was a fantasy. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called "installment land sales industry" hawked billions of dollars of Florida residential property, sight unseen, to retiring northerners. For only $10 down and $10 a month, working-class pensioners could buy a piece of the Florida dream: a graded home site that would be waiting for them in a planned...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1469663333
ISBN13:9781469663333
Release Date:June 2021
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:268 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.7" x 9.1"
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