Jacksonville: The Consolidation Story by James B. Crooks (2004) is a monograph on the city’s history, focused on the creation of its unified city–county government in the late 1960s—an event that occurred in the wake of a public corruption scandal. The author’s account includes the circumstances and events that led up to the creation of the Bold New City of the South, from old Cowford, as well as its aftermath: how things turned out. It is not a page-turner. It is an academic text, extensively footnoted, and well-referenced, but it is well-written, approachable, and of potential interest to anyone who has a connection to that city and its history during the second half of the twentieth century. If that is your interest, this is your book.