Swampy’s Sunday Books: ‘A Sacred Trust’ by Robert N. Pierce
A Sacred Trust: Nelson Poynter and the St. Petersburg Times by Robert N. Pierce
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A very thorough overview of the life of Nelson Poynter who helmed the St. Petersburg Times from the end of the Depression to his death in the ’70s. All sides are covered of Poynter, the good and the bad. Also many others involved with the Times have their lives also featured in the book. It is well written and very well researched. It could almost be a novel in it’s approach to Poynter. The one draw back is that the book does seem to relatively over credit Poynter at times. Making me wonder about issues I don’t other wise know about might be skewed a bit much in his favor also.
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