| Fort Myers Contributor(s): Reaves, Gerri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738553549 ISBN-13: 9780738553542 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2008 Annotation: In these photographs, the neighborhood service station, the drugstore soda fountain, and steamboat mail-delivery live on. Nineteenth-century storefronts stand amid condo towers. Cattle stroll to market, and postaWorld War II newcomers transform the paradise of Gilded Age millionaires and tin-can tourists. Fort Myers continues toreinvent itself, maintaining the treasures of its richly storied past. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 975 |
| LCCN: 2007938168 |
| Series: Then & Now (Arcadia) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.58" W x 9.16" (0.66 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Locality - Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Author Gerri Reaves compares Fort Myers, Florida from its beginnings to the urbanistic river community it is today. In these photographs, the neighborhood service station, the drugstore soda fountain, and steamboat mail-delivery live on. Nineteenth-century storefronts stand amid condo towers. Cattle stroll to market, and post-World War II newcomers transform the paradise of Gilded Age millionaires and tin-can tourists. Fort Myers continues to reinvent itself, maintaining the treasures of its richly storied past. |
Contributor Bio(s): Reaves, Gerri: - Gerri Reaves captures yesterday's Fort Myers, Florida, alongside today's new-urbanist historic river district. |