The Town That Climate Built (Annotated)

This annotated 100th anniversary edition of The Town That Climate Built includes:

• A new introduction by Florida author Larry Perez

Victor Rainbolt's timeless 1925 title The Town That Climate Built provides a valuable snapshot of nascent Miami, then barely a quarter century old. An ardent booster of life in the south Florida, he provides a primer on the distinct qualities and personalities that helped give rise to a subtropical metropolis. Rainbolt explores the major challenges and opportunities of the time, all the while maintaining an unabashed optimism for the future of his so-called "City of Youth".

This 100th anniversary edition of The Town That Climate Built provides an opportunity to revisit Rainbolt's prophesies against the realities of the intervening century. A new introduction by Larry Perez explores how the favorable environmental conditions of Rainbolt's time contrasts with the very problematic challenges the area faces today from a rapidly warming world.