Tampa is one of the largest cities in the Sunshine State, with a rich and varied history. If you’re interested in learning more about the Tampa area, please browse our list of recommended titles. Get a taste of the famous Columbia Restaurant, learn about the Summit Venture’s crash into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, and see immigrant cigar workers carve out a space for themselves.
Tampa Bay
The Story of an Estuary and Its People
Evan P. Bennett
From Saloons to Steak Houses
A History of Tampa
Andrew T. Huse
Tampa on My Mind
Kimberly Williams, Greg Thomas, Ronald D Williams, Cheryl Borman
Skyway
The True Story of Tampa Bay's Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down
Bill DeYoung
Best-Loved Recipes from The Columbia Restaurant
Richard Gonzmart
The Columbia Restaurant
Celebrating a Century of History, Culture, and Cuisine
Andrew T. Huse
The Columbia Restaurant Spanish Cookbook, Anniversary Edition
Adela Hernandez Gonzmart, Ferdie Pacheco
Tampa Cigar Workers
A Pictorial History
Robert P. Ingalls, Louis A. Pérez
Tampa
Impressions of an Emigrant
Wenceslao Gálvez y Delmonte, Noel M. Smith, Noel M. Smith, Andrew T. Huse
Millard Fillmore Caldwell
Governing on the Wrong Side of History
Gary R. Mormino
More Than Black
Afro-Cubans in Tampa
Susan D. Greenbaum
The Immigrant World of Ybor City
Italians and Their Latin Neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985
Gary R. Mormino, George E. Pozzetta