Tampa Cigar Workers: A Pictorial History
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Product DescriptionFrom the founding of Ybor City in 1886 to the dispersion of the population of America in Tampa in the years following World War II, this book documents the history of Cuban immigrants, Spanish and Italian who created the cigar industry in Tampa and the extraordinary multi-ethnic community that flourished around him. More than 200 photos capture personalities of this community and its way of life, while comments extracted from the newspapers, oral histories, and archiving of documents to identify each photograph and explain historical place and meaning. When you connect the pictures with a historical text, the authors allow cigar workers to tell their own story, in the language of his time. The ar rich photographic record… more> >
2 Comments
May 20th, 2010 at 3:34 am
Such books are usually full of great photos with little explanation of what they show. It was expected the same with this book, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a good deal of context and content, along with fotografías.Esta is a great read + a perfect coffee table book for anyone interested in the history of Tampa / Ybor City. It serves as a perfect companion piece to another recent history of the area, the most informative Frank Lastra Ybor City: the construction of a reference city. Rating: 5 / 5
May 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
Some members of my mother’s family left Spain for Cuba and eventually settled in Florida. . . Tampa and Key West. Recently my cousin gifted with this book 64 years after the recent surgery. He is a cigar aficionado and the few magazines and books at home seem to be cigarettes. I gave the book and one on cigars and opening of this book there was nothing to stop the conversation about our family. It was a wonderful visit 2-1/2 hours and no doubt encouraged him. When I called the next day his wife said he had not left the family todavía.Nuestra book is rich in history, in Tampa. I was born in Ybor City and still visit often even though I’m about two hours away. His house still. My grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts and uncles were all great cigar. My grandmother Elisa Simon was cut cigars in Ybor City when she died in 1989. While most older persons have been my family, books like this still evoke memories precipitarse.Este book is indeed priceless. I think it’s the best gift I have given to anyone to judge by his reception. I’m glad I chose it. Rating: 5 / 5