Book: ‘From Dawn to Sunset, Volume II’ by E.C. May – March 6th, 2018
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Mar.06, 2018, under Books
From Dawn to Sunset, Recollections of a Pioneer Florida Judge, Volume II by E.C. May
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Author May continues his life experiences in this sequel to his first book. The tales take place mostly in Alachua, Citrus and Marion Counties in Florida. The tales reveal much of the lives of those living in those areas in the late 1800s and early 1900s that is missing in most histories of Florida. Little is recognized of the very violent ways of folks back then all over Florida. While Florida preceded the west with cowboys and saloons, it also continued those ways after most of the west settled down. May’s writings back that up.
The first collection of stories was a very good collection. This one has a weaker lot. The most interesting stories are of the characters that crossed May’s path.
The largest trouble of May’s book is, it seems, that May was trying to write better and made many, many, many missteps throughout the book. It’s not typographical errors, it’s using words in the wrong places or using words that don’t make any sense at all. The contextual errors made me have to stop and wonder what he was writing about at times. The book is confusing.
Bottom line: I recommend this book for Florida history folks. 7 out of 10.
All others probably best to pass. 4 out of ten points.
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