Leland Mosley Hawes Jr. (June 18, 1929 – May 18, 2013) was an American newspaper reporter for the ''

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''.ampa historian Leland Hawes dies at 83
by Will Hobson May 18, 2013 Tampa Bay Times He had a long tenure at the paper and was involved in various projects after leaving the paper, including serving on the committee that selected the first six historical figures to be immortalized in bronze busts along the

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. The Hillsborough County Bar Association awarded him with its Liberty Bell Award in 1989. Hawes was born in Tampa on June 18, 1929. He graduated from

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and the

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. He began working at the Tampa Times in 1950 and joined the Tampa Tribune in 1952 His tenure at the Tribune included 20 years as writer and editor of the "History & Heritage" section of the Sunday edition. He collaborated on the production of a book of

W. Paul Cook William Paul Cook (August 31, 1881 – January 22, 1948) was a writer, printer and publisher. He wrote under his own name and the pseudonym Willis T. Crossman and was a leading figure in the hobbyist tradition of amateur journalism. He lived and wro ...

's stories. He was a long time hobbyist at

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since he was 12, the age in which he printed his own neighborhood newspaper. He also published two private journals as an adult.A. C. Hutchiso
A hobby and a discovery
; Two amateur journalists resurrect the colorful tales of Vermont writer W. Paul Cook January 9, 2005 Times Argus The

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and the

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established the Leland Hawes Prize, a juried essay competition for graduate and undergraduate students in the humanities. He served for many years as a trustee of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society, an organization dedicated to promoting the work of Florida's emblematic novelist. He conducted an interview with the University of Florida in 2002.

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1929 births American newspaper reporters and correspondents American newspaper editors 2013 deaths Writers from Tampa, Florida 20th-century American journalists American male journalists {{US-journalist-1920s-stub