Tampa, FL: Getting Ready & Getting There

Books:

• • Cigar City Mafia by Scott M. Deitche tells the tale of bootleggers, gambling, ringleaders, arsonists, narcotics dealers and gang murders―a variety of characters who flourished in the era known as Prohibition. Tampa, Florida was where they battled for supremacy of the criminal underworld.
  •  The Immigrant World of Ybor City by Gary R. Morimino & George E. Pozzetta  is a compelling attempt to assess the relationships over the last century among class, culture and community in the forging of the Italian experience in Ybor City.

Getting There – Drive if you must, or FLY.

• • Drive: It’s a long haul from just about anywhere other than the east coast.
  • Fly: My favorite airlines to Tampa are Southwest, Delta & American.