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Gina Hogan Edwards's avatar

Boy, you sent me down a rabbit hole. I love Florida's Gilded Age history. It's not a novel but Florida's Healing Waters:

Gilded Age Mineral Springs, Seaside Resorts, and Health Spas, by Rick Kilby is on my TBR list.

Great pics of Jekyll Island! That's a beautiful area.

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Lausanne Davis Carpenter's avatar

Oh, yay! I have that book. Hope to get to it before much longer!

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Diana von Oertzen's avatar

For me, it's definitely the architecture 😍

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Lausanne Davis Carpenter's avatar

Me too! My old set designer self goes nuts!

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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Beautiful photos and love the history!

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Lausanne Davis Carpenter's avatar

Thank you! So much to dig into...

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Sarah Harkness's avatar

I don't know offhand of any novels about the period in Florida, but if you Google 'Rose Cleveland' and 'Naples Florida' you'll find a wonderful story of an illicit and scandalous love affair between Rose and Evangeline, a wealthy widow...I researched it when I was writing my book about their great friend Nelly Erichsen

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Lausanne Davis Carpenter's avatar

I just read her Google page. What a full life she led!

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