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Draft:Edwin Dart Lambright

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Edwin Dart Lambright was a newspaper editor and postmaster in Tampa, Florida. He was the original owner of the Lambright house at 828 Sout Willow Street in South Tampa.[1]

Lambright began his newspaper career as a teenager in Brunswick, Georgia. For many years he served as Tampa's postmaster.[2]

He wrote "The Story of Florida" in Florida old and new : the year-book of Florida published in 1925.[3] He wrote a book about José Gaspar.[4] He was a contributor to the book Southerner: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Southern People.

He was involved in plans for a new publishing company in Tampa.[5]

Book

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  • The life and exploits of Gasparilla, last of the buccaneers: with the history of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla edited by E L Morrow and Lucile Morrow, Hillsboro Printing Company (1936)

References

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  1. ^ "Lambright built ornate bungalow". Tampa Bay Times.
  2. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Tampa, Florida". politicalgraveyard.com.
  3. ^ Wilson, Rufus (January 1, 1925). "Florida old and new : the year-book of Florida". Text Materials of Central Florida.
  4. ^ "CHASING GASPAR". Tampa Bay Times.
  5. ^ "Editor & Publisher". Editor & Publisher Company. December 6, 1925 – via Google Books.
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