Gulfport:: A Definitive History

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A Definitive History, the first installment of a two-volume definitive history of Gulfport, Florida, traces the town from its earliest days through the 1920s. With an eye for detail, local historian and Gulfport Historical Society Archivist Lynne Brown brings to life the people and events that have given this beautiful city a rich and diverse history. Gulfport, cut from a demanding wilderness, gave a new beginning to those in pursuit of a better life. With accessible prose and narrative style, Brown reconstructs the early day-to-day lives of Gulfport’s founding settlers and follows the development of the city with the coming of the railroad and its growth as a beautiful vacation destination. In A Definitive History, the reader is brought face-to-face with a town that has struggled and survived in close interaction with its natural habitat, reaping the benefits of an ever-changing coast and yet bearing the challenges lashed out by the Gulf. Complete with archival images, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in early Florida history.