Bibliography for VIP Conference
Local History Presentation

by Sharon Centanne

  1. Arsenault, Raymond. St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream: 1888-1950 Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1996
  2. Ayers, C. Wayne. Images of America: Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches
  3. Baker, Rick. Mangroves to major league : a timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida (prehistory to 2000 A.D.) / by Rick Raker ; [cover and book design by Byron Kennedy III]. St. Petersburg, Fl. : Southern Heritage Press, 2000.
  4. Bergen, Bernice Brooks, 1924-. Sarasota times past Bernice Brooks Bergen. Miami, FL : Valiant Press, c1993.
  5. Board, Prudy Taylor, 1933-. Lee County : a pictorial history by Prudy Taylor Board & Patricia Pope Bartlett. Norfolk, Va. : Donning Co., c1985.
  6. Board, Prudy Taylor, 1933-. Pages from the Past : a Pictorial Retrospective of Lee County by Prudy Taylor Board and Esther B. Colcord ; [Richard A.Horwege, editor]. Virginia Beach, Va. : Donning Co., c1990.
  7. Booth, Fred. Early days in Daytona Beach, Florida : How a City was Founded. New-Journal Corp., 1951.
  8. Brown, Canter, Jr. African Americans on the Tampa Bay Frontier Tampa, FL : Tampa Bay History Center, c1997.
  9. Brown, Canter, Jr. Children on the Tampa Bay Frontier Tampa : Tampa Bay History Center, 1996.
  10. Brown, Canter, Jr and Brown, Barbara Gray Genealogical Records of the African American Pioneers of Tampa and Hillsborough County (Tampa Bay History Center Reference Library Series, No. 13) Tampa : University of Tampa Press ISBN: 1879852845
  11. Brown, Canter, Jr. Tampa Before the Civil War (Tampa Bay History Center Reference Library Series, No. 8 ) Tampa : University of Tampa Press ISBN: 1879852640. "Gracefully written and full of surprises, this first-rate local history makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Florida, the South, and the American frontier.” - James Denham, Dept. of History, Florida Southern College
  12. Brown, Canter, Jr. Tampa in Civil War & Reconstruction Tampa : University of Tampa Press ISBN: 1879852683 Canter Brown understands the human experience and shares it here . . . . "This book reveals everyday people of all sorts thrown together and forced to survive slavery, Civil War bombings, and natural disasters, just to name a few. This is an important book, and it is well worth the reading." Dr. Larry E. Rivers, Distinguished Professor of History, Florida A&M University
  13. Brown, Canter, Jr. Teachers and Schools on the Tampa Bay Frontier Tampa, FL : Tampa Bay History Center, c1997.
  14. Brown, Canter, Jr. Women on the Tampa Bay Frontier by Canter Brown, Jr. Tampa, FL : Tampa Bay History Center, c1997.
  15. Brown, Lynn S. Images of America: Gulfport Charleston, SC : Acadia,1999
  16. Buker, George E., 1923- Blockaders, Refugees & Contrabands : Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865 . Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1993.
  17. Chandler, David Leon. Henry Flagler : the astonishing life and times of the visionary robber baron who founded Florida David Leon Chandler. New York, N.Y. : Macmillan, c1986.
  18. Cleveland, Weona. Crossroad towns remembered : a look back at Brevard and Indian River pioneer communities. Florida Today, 1994.
  19. Cleveland, Weona. Crossroad towns remembered : Melbourne, FL Gannett, c1994.
  20. Colcord, Esther B. True tales of adventure and mystery in Lee County, Florida : Factual historical adventures, told by Fictitious Pioneer Children Fort Myers, FL : Prudy's Press, 1991.
  21. Costrini, Patricia Perez, editor A Tradition of Excellence: Pinellas County Schools 1912-1987 Florida : School Board of Pinellas County, 1987.(First Edition) [S.l. : s.n.], 1987.
  22. Davis, Enoch Douglas. On the Bethel Trail St. Petersburg, Fla. : Valkyrie Press, c1979.
  23. Deese, Alma Wynelle The Postcard History Series: St Petersburg, Then and Now
  24. D'Orso, Michael. Like judgment day : The ruin and redemption of a town called Rosewood. New York Grosset/Putnam Book 1996.
  25. De Quesada, Alejandro M. Jr. Images of America : Pinellas County A.M. de Quesada, Jr. and Vincent G. Luisi. Charleston, SC : Tempus Publishing Inc., 1998.
  26. De Quesada, Alejandro M. Jr.. Baseball in Tampa Bay A.M. de Quesada Jr. Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia, c2000.
  27. De Quesada, Alejandro M. Jr. World War II in Tampa Bay Dover, N.H. : Arcadia, 1997.
  28. De Quesada, Alejandro M. Jr. Ybor city. Charleston, SC : Arcadia, 1999.
  29. De Quesada, Alejandro M. Jr. The Spanish-American war in Tampa Bay. Arcadia House, 1998.
  30. De Quesada, Alejandro M. Jr. The Men of Fort Foster : Enlisted uniforms, equipments and artifacts of the United States Armed Forces,1835-1842. Pioneer Press:1996.
  31. Fuller, Walter P. 1894-. This was Florida's boom.Times Publishing Co., 1954
  32. Greenbaum, Susan D. More Than Black: Afro-Cubans in Tampa A quote from the author: "This book is about the Afro-Cuban-Americans, the missing faces in the smiling family portrait of Cuban ethnicity in the United States" (p. 2) and "the many strange contradictions of their double-hyphenated lives"
  33. Hartzell, Scott Taylor.Voices of America Series: St. Peterburg, Florida: An Oral History Charleston, SC : Tempus/Arcadia Publishing, 2002
  34. Luisi, Vincent and Quesada, A. M. Jr.Images of America: Dunedin
  35. Mormino, Gary R. and Pizzo, Anthony P.Tampa, the Treasure City, Continental Heritage Press : 1983
  36. Rooks, Sandra W.Black America Series:St. Petersburg, Florida
  37. Rooks, Sandra W. and Mountain, Carol. Black America Series:Tarpon Springs, Florida
  38. Shofner, Jerrell H., 1929-. History of Brevard County [Melbourne, Fla.] : Brevard County Historical Commission, c1995-
  39. Taylor, Jean (Jean Cunningham). Villages of South Dade St. Petersburg, FL : B. Kennedy, 19--
  40. Young, June Hurley. Florida's Pinellas Peninsula : from South to North, St.Petersburg, Gulfport, South Pasadena, the Gulf Beaches, Kenneth City, Pinellas Park, Seminole, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair, Largo, Clearwater, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, Oldsmar, Palm Harbor, Tarpon Springs by June Hurley Young. St. Petersburg, Fla. : B. Kennedy and Co., c1984.

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