The Treasures of Little Gasparilla Island - Hardcover

Wiggins, Lloyd Arthur; Letts, Rosemary Egerton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1483608204 ISBN 13: 9781483608204

Publisher: Xlibris, 2013

Synopsis

This is a story of a small island off the southwest coast of Florida on the shores of Gasparilla Bay and the Gulf of Mexico with its varied plant life among numerous types of land and sea birds The other residents are local Florida crackers snowbirds from the North and holidaymakers looking for sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of modernday living The lucky ones who set foot on this boat only access island will have a sense of tranquility and well being that is the result of being totally free from modern day encumbrances and surrounded by the sounds of nature The main characters are Nikki Lloyd and George and how they found a contingent of new friends on a small spit of land called Little Gasparilla Island fondly referred to as LGI Prologue This island s namesake is Juan Gomez Gasparilla or as he s known today throughout the west coast of Florida Jose Gaspar Some think of Gaspar as folklore while others say he is just a myth A few locals have stories handed down by ancestors through the ages and say the proof is probably in the United States naval archives since the pirates were hunted down by the USS Enterprise in the early 1800s They all were either killed or put on trial in New Orleans and subsequently hung all except for Jose Gaspar He was alleged to be sixty five years old and on his last campaign before dividing up the spoils among his cohorts Rather than get caught he wrapped himself in the anchor s chain and rope then jumped into the dark blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico to end his life that was his only way to escape the hangman s noose It is believed that Gaspar and his band of thieves and murderers had their haven around Charlotte Harbor The barrier islands such as Gasparilla and Little Gasparilla would have been excellent cover where they could evade and lie in wait behind tall sand dunes or mangroves searching the Gulf waters for European vessels sailing within sight carrying gold silver and jewels collected from the

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1483608204
• ISBN 13: 9781483608204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222