Historian Gary Mormino looks at Florida’s recent past in ‘Dreams in the New Century’
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"Dreams in the New Century: Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida’s Turning Point" by Gary R. Mormino; University Press of Florida (559 pages, $34.95) ——— When, you might ask, did Florida get so weird? Or, to put it more politely,…