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Jake!: The Last Southern Populist Mayor Who Transformed Jacksonville, Florida from a Sleepy City with an Inferiority Complex
Contributor(s): Tolbert, Mike (Author)
ISBN: 1977211488     ISBN-13: 9781977211484
Publisher: Outskirts Press
OUR PRICE:   $18.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- Political Science | American Government - Local
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.06 lbs) 360 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Florida
- Locality - Jacksonville, Florida
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
 
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Jake Godbold began his life during the Depression in Jacksonville public housing and selling boiled peanuts on the streets as a kid. He used his outsized personality and passion to transform his city and has remained an unmatched force in the political flow of Jacksonville for fifty years. This is the story of what happened, how it happened and why.