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At the dawn of tourism in Florida : Abolitionists, print media, and images for early vacationers.Entry/Object ID
Library.2245Description
x, 145 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
At the dawn of tourism in Florida : Abolitionists, print media, and images for early vacationers by John T. Foster, Jr.
John T. Foster Jr. makes a compelling argument that the birth of tourism in Florida did not begin with the railroad barons of the 1880s as is popularly believed, but with abolitionist writers of the Reconstruction era, following the Civil War. Progressive Northerners were lured to the state with colorful descriptions of desirable weather and abundant natural beauty. It was with these forward-thinking writers that Modern Florida was born. The extraordinary rush of visitors continues [in Florida.] There has never such a crowd as there has been this season, and still they come. The hotels are full and would be were there twice as many of them. It is plain that Florida is to be a greater place for winter tourists than Saratoga is in summer. Already the number in ... Florida exceeds the aggregate of the summer crowd at Newport, Saratoga and Long Branch. Every winter brings more, and new hotels keep going up. The St. James in Jacksonville has just made a cash dividend of 88.1 per cent, for its year in business. The crowd of northerners in Florida are a lot like boys just let out of school, it is one continuous frolic and holiday. Finding themselves really safe, out of the rigors of northern winter, and in a climate of flowers and fruit and sunshine, they give themselves up to enjoyment. Excursions on the river every day; rambles after fruit and flowers; drives, card parties, sailing parties it is one round pleasure. Even Canada is beginning to learn that there is such a place as Florida and the frozen western states are pouring in. Two or three winters hence Florida will be full of them. -- Oswego Daily Palladium, March 18, 1875
Contents: From Bleeding Kansas to Florida -- The beginning of a social activist -- Hale's marriage and "Beecher's Bibles" -- The Atlantic Monthly before Hale's "Northern invasions" -- The birth of Modern Florida -- An Emigrant Aid Company newspaper in Reconstruction Florida -- The Emigrant Aide Company: The New England office disbands -- Cheney's fellow travelers: Northern Methodists -- Harriet Beecher Stowe and a sea of New England villages -- The Reeds and the origins of public schools -- Charles Beecher and Florida's schools -- William Cullen Bryant and a party in Mandarin -- William Cullen Bryant's admirer at Harper's, George William Curtis -- Images for early vacationers -- Illustrations for "River Travel to Silver Springs" -- Illustrations for "Tours of St. Augustine" -- Illustrations for "Tropical Florida" -- Aftermath and the cast exits.Collection
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Tourism -- Florida -- History., Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Florida., Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Influence.Publication Details
Author
Foster, John T., Jr.Publisher
Florida Historical Society PressPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Cocoa, FLCall No.
F 311 .F67 2019ISBN
9781949810011