Anna Maria Island / Bonner Joy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joy, Bonner, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anna Maria Island (Fla.)--History--Pictorial works.

Anna Maria Island (Fla.).

Anna Maria Island (Fla.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Manatee County (Fla.)--History, Local--Pictorial works.

Manatee County (Fla.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anna Maria Island was once inhabited by Native Americans, but as the beauty became known to its first homesteader, George L. Bean, the island's destiny was to be a beacon to paradise. In spite of mangrove forests and throngs of mosquitoes, people came by boat to enjoy the white sand beaches and the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico, with their cool onshore breezes and blazing sunsets. The Islander newspaper of the 1950s heralded, "Where life is good and the fishing is great." Anglers came from afar to test their skills against tarpon, the world's greatest game fish, and to hunt goliath grouper in the depths of Tampa Bay. Two modern bridges connected the island to the mainland in 1957, and with that the seven-mile-long island was on its way to becoming the jewel of Manatee County.

Contents:

The early years

A sense of place

Sunny beach

Where the fishing is great

Hollywood comes calling

Views from the sky

Bridges, piers and steamers

Storm season

Captured by the privateers

One island, three cities.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439655450

1439655456