Title: The rise of Sarasota : Ken Thompson and the rebirth of paradise /
Authors: LaHurd, Jeff.
Publisher: The History Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Thompson, Ken,; City managers Florida Sarasota Biography.; Social change Florida Sarasota History; City planning Florida Sarasota History; Overpopulation History; Sarasota (Fla.) Biography.; Sarasota (Fla.) Politics and government; Sarasota (Fla.) Social conditions; Sarasota (Fla.) Economic conditions
Contents: Welcome to Sarasota -- Thompson Family Travel and Travails -- Rebirth : 1950/1959 -- Sarasota Goes Modern and Outward : The 1960s -- Regrouping : The 1970s -- "I Do" -- Trying to Hold On : The 1980s -- Not Quite Time to Say Goodbye -- Goodbye -- Tributes -- Appendix: A List of Changes During Thompson's Tenure.