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NY: Vantage Press, 1978. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Stated First Edition. 224 pp, bibliography, acknowledgments, index + Zephyrhills Roll of Honor World War 1917, into Richard Kelly, Member of Congress; July 1976 congratulatory statement to "fellow townswoman Rosemary (Mrs. Warren E.) Trottman on her masterly portrayal of the Zephyrhills area..." from E.D. Arnot, Mayor. 13 pp of b/w captioned photos. Author inscription blue ink front endpaper: "To my neighbors, Paul S. and Ruth K. Stone with best wishes, Rosemary W. Trottman". Tape shadow endpapers, light spotting edges. 8vo, black boards, gilt lettering spine, slightly bumped corner, spine ends, very good+. Priced dust jacket short tears edges w/slight loss top, bottom spine; tape residue spine bottom, few small stains, lightly tanned, Zephyrhills b/w photo front, b/w portrait Rosemary W. Trottman back, very good in plastic sleeve. Born in Zephyrhills, Florida author/teacher recaps 100 years from… Leer más

Vantage Press, 1978. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Ex-library hardcover with the usual stickers/stamps/faults. Binding sound, internally clean. This enlightening history of Zephyrhills, Florida, traces the evolution of the community from 1821 to 1921. During that century-long period Zephyrhills progressed from Spanish-Indian ownership to an autonomous municipality known alternately as "The Friendly City" and "The Pure Water City." Author, Rosemary Wallace Trottman is a scrupulous researcher with an unfailing eye for the significant detail and the novelist's affinity for the "human touch." While her history is replete with important events and dates, and considers the effects of the railroad and the automobile on the community, the citizenry of Zephyrhills and their changing life-styles throughout the years are also dealt with in depth. Particularly interesting is her account of the colonial years, in which the day-to-day activities of the settlers--log-rolling,… Leer más