Pacheco's Art of Ybor City de Pacheco, Ferdie - 1997

Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 1997. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x0x11. Jacket has light wear, binding sound, internally clean. From reviews of Ybor City Chronicles "[Ybor City Chronicles] reads like oral history, behind which one senses a practiced storyteller—a big, hearty, entertaining fellow who can talk about himself for hours, and does. . . . He can make you laugh out loud in a room alone."— Washington Post "Dr. Pacheco is enthralled by the memory of a neighborhood of family and friends inextricably tied together by custom, values, and concerns. It is these traits that make his anecdotes worth relating." —New York Times Book Review "Ferdie Pacheco is an artist. His oils are lush and rich, full of the color and life of his times. They are vibrant and alive—almost as if Grandma Moses were to eat a plate of boliche and swallow three cups of cafe solo before sitting down to paint. . . . [And] he is a storyteller. . . . Ybor City Chronicles is a moment lifted out of the past. . . . It is told with style and gusto and more than a little love, [and] we owe a debt of thanks to Ferdie Pacheco."—Tampa Tribune