Second Edition, Revised & Expanded
Forgotten for decades until cryptically recalled in the 1970s as "the son of a gambler and a patiently suffering mother," Edgar Goodno was a force of nature from the moment he set foot in 1890s Florida. Making up for lost time, the bespectacled, teatotaling "hustler from Hustleville" quickly parlayed his modest Fort Myers lunch stand into a sprawling empire in the state's rugged outback. He amassed 8,000 acres of land, became a successful dairyman, a citrus grower, an innovative cattle baron, opened two popular hotels, started a commercial ice...