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History of Rutherford County, 1937-1951 by Clarence W. GriffinReview by: Percival PerryThe North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. 29, No. 4 (OCTOBER, 1952), p. 579Published by: North Carolina Office of Archives and HistoryStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23516457 .

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BOOK REVIEWS

History of Rutherford County, 1937-1951. By Clarence W. Griffin. (Ashe

ville, N. C. : The Inland Press. 1952. Pp. xv, 136.)

This is a supplementary volume to the author's History of Old

Try on and Rutherford Counties, 1750-1936, published in 1937.

The first chapter, on the prewar years 1938-1941, records the

material, cultural, and political changes in a county whose econo

my is based on agriculture and textile manufacturing. The theme

of the remainder of the book is the impact of World War II and

postwar events on the history of Rutherford County. The author

successfully follows his earlier practice of tying local history into

its state, national, and international setting. One chapter lists the

5,000 men and women from Rutherford County who served in

World War II. The chapter on the home front records in detail

the contributions of industry, agriculture, and the many indivi

duals who served on the multitudinous local boards established to

support the war. This section presents a picture of civilian activi

ty which, with minor variations, was characteristic of thousands

of communities throughout the United States. The last chapter

traces national, international, state, and local events in the post

war years 1946-1951, but fails to record local history as fully as

in the years 1938-1941.

This book, based on the files of the Forest City Courier, of

which the author is editor, is a welcome addition to the growing

list of county histories and will be a useful reference volume. Its

chief weaknesses are a lack of organization, a tendency toward

repetition, and occasional lapses into newspaper writing tech

niques inappropriate in book form.

Percival Perry. Wake Forest College, Wake Forest.

The First Presbyterian Church, Asheville, N. C., 1794-1951. By George W.

McCoy. (Asheville: The First Presbyterian Church. 1951. Pp. viii, 67.)

As befits the subject, this volume is beautifully printed on good

paper and neatly and substantially bound. Its sixty-seven printed

pages are supplemented with eight page-size plates illustrated

with pictures of buildings and ministers of the church, which con

tribute much to our understanding of the text. The style is excel

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