Black Gold and Silver Sands:: a Pictorial History of Agriculture in Palm Beach County.
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By James D. Snyder
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Flood. Frost. Drought. Depression....
....None of them was a match for the dogged determination of pioneer farmers to transform tracts of sand, saw grass swamp and muck land into the agribusiness infrastructure that underpins Palm Beach County, Florida today.
Black Gold and Silver Sands, with 247 photographs from museums and family collections, tells the dramatic history of Palm Beach County farming from the days of the hardy pioneers who grew pumpkins and pineapples on the shores of Lake Worth. In this handsome coffee table book, you'll read diaries, letters and personal interviews that describe:
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