Florida’s Healing Waters: Gilded Age Mineral Springs, Seaside Resorts & Health Spas

Filled with rare photographs, vintage postcards and advertisements, and fascinating descriptions from over 100 years ago, Florida’s Healing Waters spotlights a little-known time in Florida history when tourists poured into the state in search of good health. This book was awarded both a silver medal for Florida history in the Florida Book Awards and the Stetson Kennedy Award from the Florida Historical Society.

This 240-page full color book is available for $29.99 plus shipping and handling.

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Finding The Fountain of Youth: Ponce de León and Florida’s Magical Waters

From the story of Ponce de Leon, who landed on a peninsula already populated by hundreds of thousands of indigenous peoples, to Florida’s 21st century struggles to protect its water, this book covers how the myth of the fountain of youth has shaped our thinking. Learn more about Finding the Fountain of Youth.

Rich with fun images from my vast collection of Florida-themed ephemera, this award-winning book is available for $14.95 plus shipping and handling.

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I am constantly inspired by Old Florida and the critters who inhabit those few nooks and crannies that have not yet been developed.