{"product_id":"9780986023309","title":"The Dark Side of Sunshine","description":"Murder, mayhem, militias, marijuana, mafia and The Mons.\u003cp\u003eA criminal history of Tampa focusing on its most infamous people and events of the past century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians seem to love painting a picture of Tampa's past as one of immigrants happily working side-by-side to create a utopian society that became the cigar capital of the world and later a destination hailed as one of \"the nation's next best cities.\" While this is true to some extent, Tampa also has a dark side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTampa's history can be divided into three dark eras - the early years of danger, where the greatest fear was the nightmarish individuals who were allowed to roam the nights in a city without a proper law enforcement organization in place; the mid-1900s when one of the most power criminal syndicates in the nation made its home in Tampa and when a another nation's revolutionary war affected the city's residents; and the late 1900s to early 2000s when Tampa became a sexual playground. Each flows effortlessly into the next, one always passing the torch to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the names associated with these eras are well known in all corners of Tampa -Santo Trafficante, Fidel Castro and Joe Redner. While others are either less known or completely unknown - Charlie Wall, Tampa's first godfather; Robert Anderson, one of the nation's first serial killers; and Bobby Rodriguez, owner of Tampa's first GoGo bar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether known or unknown, good or bad, each of the individuals explored in this book had an impact on Tampa's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aignos Publishing, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021071892720,"sku":"9780986023309","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780986023309_p0.jpg?v=1763889697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780986023309","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}