Author: PEEPLES, VERNON
Title: Punta Gorda and the Charlotte Harbor Area a Pictorial History:
Description: Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co, 1997. Third Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0898654661. B&W Illustrations & maps; 8 3/4 x 11 1/2; 208 pages; SIGNED AND NUMBERED BOOK PLATE ON FRONT END PAPER: #3017 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 4000. Hard cover is faux leather. Burgundy with gold lettering on front and spine. Some bumping and rubbing to covers, with a small smudge at top. Book appears as if unused, may have had some damp exposure, as there is mild rippling to leaves, but not spotting or staining. Lavishly illustrated with 200+ b/w and sepia photographs. "Mr. Peeples’ ancestors arrived in the Punta Gorda area in the 1830s. The fourth generation member of his family to serve as a Florida State legislator, Mr. Peeples began his political career as a page in the Florida Legislature when he was only 11....pointed to Mr. Peeples role as historian for Punta Gorda and lauded the collection he has maintained on area history". There are many historic places in Punta Gorda, including ten places on the National Register of Historic Places. Index. ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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