The Bell(e)s of Saint Petersburg: A Novel of Retirement in Florida’s Sunshine City.
first edition
1963 · New York
by Magly, Milton Paul.
New York: Exposition Press, (1963). First Edition. Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), 253 pp. Good+, with light speckling to edges; in a Good dust jacket with darkened spine and light edgewear. From dust jacket: Mild winters, temperate summers; 355 days of sunshine; clean, wide thoroughfares; thriving business activities; bright new homes; and most important, warm, lively, friendly citizens to welcome you at every turn. Sound like Utopia? It’s no idle daydream; it’s St. Petersburg, Florida, the Sunshine City, where the population has doubled in the last decade until it now encompases over 180,000 cordial, cultured, hospital people. Ideally situated for those who want to live out their twilight days in happy, productive good fellowship, St. Petersburg offers unparalleled opportunities for young, ambitious people as well. As Paul Magly points out in this kaleidoscope view of the growing city.. (Inventory #: 1687gls)