Professor keeps on writing

Brian du Toit (72), a retired college professor and anthropologist who moved to Brevard, Florida, USA, with his wife in 2001, recently published a book about one of the largest employers in Transylvania County, Ecusta, and its founder. Ecusta and the Legacy of Harry H. Straus records the history until Ecusta closed its doors in 2002. It took about one year to research and six months to write, and is one of Brian du Toit's more than 20 published books. He has also written about the history of the first Afrikaners in the USA, Boer Settlers of the Southwest. He was born in South Africa and completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Pretoria. He received his doctorate at the University of Oregon. He was a faculty member of the department of anthropology and the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida for 40 years.