January 31st, 2012 – Books: History of Brevard County, Volume 1 by Jerrell Schofner
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Feb.01, 2012, under Books, What's New?
History of Brevard County Vol. 1 by Jerrell H. Schoffner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This first volume of the History of Brevard County is as excellent as one would suspect when written and composed by Jerrell Schofner. I think it can be said that if Schofner writes a history, that history can be considered the definitive history of the subject. This is as thorough as any of his works are. Maybe a bit too much. There is a bit too much history of how all of Florida developed with population. I think he could have just focused on the central east coast and kept a better focus of the subject matter. Otherwise, the writing is spot on and spells out everything from politics to trains to citrus production. There are few humorous parts. Schofner is, as always, straight history. Though, there are some signs of his political bent in his writings of the rise of the “progressive” early 20th century. It is the early 20th century that this volume ends. My next stop is volume 2 of the definitive history of Brevard County.
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