Author: Fuller, Walter P. (Walter Pliny)
Title: St. Petersburg and its people, by Walter P. Fuller
Imprint: St. Petersburg, FL : Great Outdoors Pub. Co. , 1972
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover
Inner front cover: Biographical sketch
Title
Copyright -- p.ii
Table of Contents -- p.iii
Foreword -- p.iv
Acknowledgments -- p.v
Main -- p.1
Chapter I: Its cast of characters -- p.1
Chapter II: An idea is born -- p.4
Chapter III: The primitive people -- p.10
Chapter IV: The explorers -- p.16
Chapter V: De Soto - The greatest explorer -- p.25
Chapter VI: The vacuum of the dead; a martyred saint; a marooned sailor; a master soldier; a mass murderer -- p.30
Chapter VII: Trouble fills the vacuum -- p.36
Chapter VIII: "I take this land" -- p.42
Chapter IX: The mighty hurricanes -- p.48
Chapter X: Fratricide -- p.54
Chapter XI: The land hunger -- p.68
Chapter XII: The empire builder -- p.74
Chapter XIII: The hardy pioneers -- p.84
Chapter XIV: Comes the iron horse -- p.93
Chapter XV: Vague village -- p.100
Chapter XVI: F. A. Davis: The visionary man -- p.109
Chapter XVII: Then the early giants came -- p.115
Chapter XVIII: The gentle crusader -- p.123
Chapter XIX: Baby boom -- p.131
Chapter XX: Unhappy pause -- p.141
Chapter XXI: Topsy just growed on -- p.147
Chapter XXII: The great land boom -- p.153
Chapter XXIII: Triggering the boom -- p.165
Chapter XXIV: Sputtering fuse -- p.171
Chapter XXV: Blam flash silence -- p.176
Chapter XXVI: Valley of despond -- p.180
Chapter XXVII: The Chaotic Nineteen Thirties -- p.185
Chapter XXVIII: Ouch! Another painful pause -- p.190
Chapter XXIX: The single family house -- p.198
Chapter XXX: Trailers -- p.207
Chapter XXXI: The cliff dwellers -- p.211
Chapter XXXII At last industry -- p.216
Chapter XXXIII: Downtown -- p.219
Chapter XXXIV: Shopping centers -- p.230
Chapter XXXV: The people; From whence? To where? -- p.235
Chapter XXXVI: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow -- p.243
Special Reports -- p.253
I: The people and their money -- p.253
II: City government -- p.262
III: legislative politics -- p.272
IV: Law enforcement -- p.280
V: The printed word -- p.287
VI: The printed word (The Times and Independent) -- p.299
VII: Radio and television -- p.308
VIII: Tampa Bay charts and early settlers -- p.314
IX: Ships -- p.319
X: School report -- p.327
XI: Clubs -- p.337
XII: Welfare -- p.368
XIII: Culture -- p.374
XIV: Worship -- p.382
Inner back cover: biographical sketch, conclusion -- p.390

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