Gulfport A Definitive History

This first installment of a two-volume definitive history of Gulfport, Florida, traces the town from its earliest inhabitants through to the 1920s. With an eye for detail, local historian Lynne Brown brings to life the people and events that have given this beautiful city a rich and diverse history. With accessible prose and narrative style, Brown reconstructs the early day-to-day lives of Gulfport's founding settlers and follows the development of the city with the coming of the railroad and its growth as a beautiful vacation destination. Complete with archival images, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in early Florida history.Brown, Lynne is the author of 'Gulfport A Definitive History', published 2004 under ISBN 9781596290181 and ISBN 1596290188.