The rise and decline of the Redneck Riviera: an insider's history of the Florida-Alabama coast

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Alabama dreaming -- The coast Jack Rivers knew -- The war and after it -- Bring 'em down, keep 'em happy, and keep 'em spending -- Times they were a-changing -- The Redneck Riviera rises -- A storm named Frederic -- Sorting out after the storm -- Playing by different rules -- Storms and sand, BOBOS and snowbirds -- Trouble in Paradise -- Taming the Redneck Riviera -- Making money "going wild" -- Selling the Redneck Riviera -- "Where nature did its best" -- Stumbling into the future -- Who wants a beach that is oily? -- The last summer.;The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera is the culmination of sixteen years of research drawn from local newspapers, interviews, documentaries, community histories, and several scholarly studies that have addressed parts of this regions history. From his 1950s-built family vacation cottage in Seagrove Beach, Florida, and on frequent trips to the Alabama coast, Jackson witnessed the changes that have come to the area and has recorded them in a personal, in-depth look at the history and culture of the coast. Alabama dreaming -- The coast Jack Rivers knew -- The war and after it -- Bring 'em down, keep 'em happy, and keep 'em spending -- Times they were a-changing -- The Redneck Riviera rises -- A storm named Frederic -- Sorting out after the storm -- Playing by different rules -- Storms and sand, BOBOS and snowbirds -- Trouble in Paradise -- Taming the Redneck Riviera -- Making money "going wild" -- Selling the Redneck Riviera -- "Where nature did its best" -- Stumbling into the future -- Who wants a beach that is oily? -- The last summer.