Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches by R Wayne Ayers

Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches by R Wayne Ayers

In the years following World War II, Tampa Bay's barrier island beaches were transformed from a sparsely populated strip to a booming vacation destination. Following the war's end, fond memories of beachside training exercises amid sand and sea attracted thousands of former G.I.s and their families to the area for vacation. This sudden outbreak of tourism caught the attention of developers, who quickly converted the lonely stretches of beach into a vacationer's paradise, complete with snazzy motels offering the latest amenities. Once home to fishermen and well-to-do winter vacationers, the area's gulf beaches became a popular getaway for newly prosperous middle-class families, anxious to put war-weary years behind them.

Ayers, R. Wayne: - In Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches: The Fabulous 1950s and 1960s, author R. Wayne Ayers illustrates the area's post-war transformation through vintage photographs taken from a variety of sources, including Heritage Village, the Indian Rocks Beach Historical Museum, the Florida State Archives, and private collections. Ayers is a reporter and feature writer for Tampa Bay Newspapers and serves on the Board of Directors of the Indian Rocks Beach Historical Society. He is a frequent featured guest on Pinellas Past, a TV series devoted to local history, and is the author of Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches and St. Petersburg: The Sunshine City in the Images of America series.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9780738516639
ISBN 10	0738516635
Titel	Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches
Autor	R Wayne Ayers
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Arcadia Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2004-07-01
Seitenanzahl	128
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.