CONTENTS

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.1907–1918: The Budding Years
2.1919–1926: Let the Good Times Roll!
3.1927–1936: The Hardy Rose
4.1937–1945: World War II—Keep the Home Fires Burning
5.1946–1955: The Country Booms; The Festival Blooms
6.1956–1964: Lights, Camera, Action!
7.1965–1975: A Younger, Hipper Festival
8.1976–1983: Multicolored Garden
9.1984–2000: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!
10.2001–2012: Rose Festival Renaissance
Epilogue