In Florida’s Healing Waters: Gilded Age Mineral Springs, Seaside Resorts, and Health Spas, Rick Kilby explores the Victorian belief that water promoted healing and rehabilitation, and a little-known time in Florida history – well before South Beach became an international getaway for cocktails and clubbing – when tourists poured into the state in search of good health, rather than a good time. Speaking with him is Joy Wallace Dickinson, who has written hundreds of “Florida Flashback” features in the Orlando Sentinel chronicling Central Florida’s past, and is the author of several books, including Remembering Orlando: Tales from Elvis to Disney.
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