Book: ‘Wiregrass Country’ by Muncy G. Chapman – November 18th, 2017
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Nov.18, 2017, under Books
Wiregrass Country by Muncy G. Chapman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a very well written novel that surprises me to not have reached a larger audience. It’s not Steinbeck, but certainly in range of Patrick Smith, just with a less sprawling of time story.
This well captures the flavor of what I know of 1920s Florida. The cattle efforts may be a bit larger in this novel than was possible at the time, but the efforts of those establishing ranches sure follow historical documentation. Same is true of the efforts to rustle cattle and interactions with the Seminoles.
The characters are very well written. It’s tough to follow history and create characters that fit a historic narrative and have it all well ring true. The Chapmans do that here. Seems I could tell when Muncy Chapman was helping with the writing involving the ladies involved.
The settings are overly simple. It’s known travel was much more difficult just from the 1820s and the 1970s. The Chapmans skirt that and seem not to be have read much of Bartram or actually been in our natural areas.
One thing that bothered me is this ends with the idea of continuing to another book. As it turned out that 2nd book is even more difficult to find.
Bottom line: I recommend the book. 7 out of ten points.
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