FORT MYERS ARCADIA PUBLISHING
Edison and Ford in Florida Mike Cosden
Summary
Prolific inventor Thomas Edison and automobile pioneer Henry Ford shaped the modern world like few others in history.
Arcadia Publishing 9781467114646 Pub Date: 9/7/15 On Sale Date: 9/7/15 $24.99 USD/$30.99 CAD Trade Paperback
The lives of these close friends intersected at their winter homes in southwest Florida. Edison first visited the tiny cattle-ranching community of Fort Myers in 1885, building a home and laboratory soon after. There, he wintered with his wife, Mina, and their children, Madeleine, Charles, and Theodore. Ford purchased the adjacent estate in 1916, wintering in the area with his wife, Clara, and son, Edsel. Here in southwest Florida, these famous neighbors relaxed and found time to explore new projects.
128 Pages Carton Qty: 40 History / United States HIS036120 Series: Images of America 9.3 in H | 6.5 in W | 0.3 in T
Fort Myers Gerri Reaves
Summary
Author Gerri Reaves compares Fort Myers, Florida from its beginnings to the urbanistic river community it is today. In these photographs, the neighborhood service station, the drugstore soda fountain, and steamboat mail-delivery live on. Nineteenth-century storefronts stand amid condo towers. Cattle stroll to market, and post-World War II newcomers transform the paradise of Gilded Age millionaires and tin-can tourists. Fort Myers continues to reinvent itself, maintaining the treasures of its richly storied past. Arcadia Publishing 9780738553542 Pub Date: 5/19/08 On Sale Date: 5/19/08 $24.99 USD/$24.99 CAD Trade Paperback 96 Pages Black and White Carton Qty: 40 History / United States HIS036120 Series: Then and Now 9.3 in H | 6.5 in W | 0.2 in T | 0.04 lb Wt
Fort Myers Paradies - August 2024
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