DURING HIGH SCHOOL, I had an English teacher who often said, “If you
believe that, I have swampland in Florida for sale.” Most of his
students ignored the phrase — we were in the snow-addled hills of
Massachusetts. But after living in Florida for 20 years and reading
Jason Vuic’s newest book,/The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land
Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American
Dream/, the saying sinks in with different weight.
Vuic’s exhaustive examination reveals how the development of Southwest
Florida became a marketing scam that robbed citizens of their savings
and destroyed lives, the ecosystem, and the souls of the developers
themselves. He weaves historical fact, shocking quotes, and cultural
insights into the story with expert clarity. The linear narrative
follows Florida’s development as if it were the historical biography of
an American cultural icon and exposes the scandalous reward of greed in
American culture. Simply put, the bad guys won.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-schemers-built-a-state/
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