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Retirement & Aging


Contemplating Florida retirement options, 1955.


Clearwater woman enjoys trailer home, 1955.

Retirement & Aging • Books & Film

The Florida Dream became synonymous with aging and retirement. Our bookshelf features an array of books that look at how this demographic shift impacted our state and re-defined how we think of retirement.

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Cocoon Cocoon
A group of senior citizens residing in a rest home find their lives turned upside down after they ar ...read more
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Florida’s Megatrends: Critical Issues in Florida Florida’s Megatrends: Critical Issues in Florida
Florida began the 20th century rooted in the Confederacy—the least populated of the southern states, ...read more
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Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida
For almost a century and a half, Florida’s land and water endured developers who had little use for ...read more
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The Golden Honeymoon The Golden Honeymoon
Based on Ring Lardner’s story, an elderly couple vacationing in Florida in the 1920s find their rela ...read more
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