R. Wayne Ayers

Tampa Bay's Gulf Beaches (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439629598
• Artikelnr.: 37921140

Autorenporträt

Author R.Wayne Ayers is a reporter and feature writer for Tampa Bay Newspapers and serves on the Board of Directors of the Indian Rocks Beach Historical Museum. He culled images from a variety of sources, including his personal collection, the archives of the Pinellas County and Indian Rocks Beach Historical Societies, and the St. Petersburg Museum of History, to create this unique and entertaining living history of the Gulf Beaches.