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The rise of Sarasota : Ken Thompson and the rebirth of paradise /
- Title
- The rise of Sarasota : Ken Thompson and the rebirth of paradise / Jeff LaHurd.
- Author
- LaHurd, Jeff.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2012.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- 155 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subjects
- City planning
- Social change
- City managers
- Sarasota (Fla.) > Politics and government > 20th century
- 1900-1999
- City planning > Florida > Sarasota > History > 20th century
- Social change > Florida > Sarasota > History > 20th century
- History
- City managers > Florida > Sarasota > Biography
- Economic history
- Florida > Sarasota
- Biographies
- Sarasota (Fla.) > Social conditions > 20th century
- Thompson, Ken, 1910-2001
- Politics and government
- Sarasota (Fla.) > Economic conditions > 20th century
- Sarasota (Fla.) > Biography
- Social conditions
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index.
- Contents
- Welcome to Sarasota -- Thompson Family Travel and Travails -- Rebirth : 1950/1959 -- Sarasota Goes Modern and Outward : The 1960s -- Regrouping : The 1970s -- "I Do" -- Trying to Hold On : The 1980s -- Not Quite Time to Say Goodbye -- Goodbye -- Tributes -- Appendix: A List of Changes During Thompson's Tenure.
- ISBN
- 9781609498344
- 1609498348
- LCCN
- 2012042193
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library