Old Charleston Originals by prolific local author Margaret Eastman revives stories from the Holy City's incredible past. Preserved within these pages are tales from the swashbuckling early settlers, tales of the exclusive events thrown by Jockey Club, and the rise and fall of the maritime empire of George Alfred Trenholm, considered the inspiration for the legendary blockade runner Rhett Butler. Discover what caused a near massacre in the state house, how two determined Charleston ladies stopped a bulldozer, why a plantation home to be floated down the Cooper River and many more stories from Charleston's past.
From the Lowcountry's first recorded duel to old-fashioned summers at the 'hottest spot in town", these pages will captivate you with stories of people, events and places that have all but vanished from memory.
Edward Miller,Lincoln'sAbolitionist General: The Biography of David Hunter (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997), 103. 6. Stuckey, 98–99. 7. Joint Pub 3–0, Doctrine for Joint Operations(Washington, D.C.: Joint Chiefs of ...
In this elegant hardbound volume, photographers Steve Gross and Susan Daley take you on an intimate tour of some of the finest historic homes, gardens, churches, and plantations of the old city of Charleston and its surrounding Lowcountry.
Abraham Myers, a West Point graduate and classmate of Robert E. Lee, served as the Confederate Quartermaster General. Among Charleston Jews who supported the Confederacy were General E.W. Moise and Dr. Marx E. Choen.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
David J.Eicher, while writing Dixie Betrayed (2006), was scanning through Hattaway and Beringer's bookwhen he saw the words “Cooper observes.” Hattaway and Beringer were referring to historian William J. Cooper, of course, but Eicher ...
Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original.
Lost Charleston shows what else could have been on display for tourists to visit had events been otherwise.
... Home March off to a Citadel Dress Parade Revel in Charleston's Beauty through Its Ironwork Shop at the Cultural Heart of Charleston at the City Market Make a Statement with a Brackish Bow Tie Take Home Some Sweet Sweetgrass Baskets ...