February 7th, 2014 – Book: ‘Tampa: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow’ by Michael Bane and Mary Ellen Moore
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Feb.07, 2014, under Books
Tampa: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow by Michael Bane and Mary Ellen Moore
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is more of a sales book of Tampa than anything else. There is certainly plenty of history here and that part is very well written. Then the book steers into the future and suddenly statistics and construction plans fill the pages. Seems the first and second parts were written by two different people, which would explain the two authors.
There are plenty of photos strewn throughout. All black and white except for a few center pages of color.
The history presented is mostly complete, though sections are missing. Little is mentioned of the mob activity or anything at all about the black community.
The book is best as a time capsule of life in Tampa in 1980. So very much is written about upcoming projects at the time, community committees planning the future, construction firms and banks.
Bottom line: I recommend it to anyone wanting to know of Hillsborough County’s history.
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