South Carolina Books

An inspiring story of a black community's struggle to save its schools! I use this book in an educational history course I teach at the university level. Students love the book and begin to think more critically about issues surrounding school desegregation as a result of reading it. I highly recommend it.

Archibald Rutledge's tales combined by Jim Casada is a must read for all nostalgic turkey hunters. His tales of the sheer numbers of turkeys in the early 1900's in South Carolina will make even the stongest turkey hunter's heart beat faster. What I would give to have been with him on some of the peaceful days on his plantation hunting the majestic wild turkey. Rutledge got personable with his turkeys, giving them names and hunting them like he was on a mission. He saw turkeys and turkey hunting from a remarkable viewpoint over many decades. No turkey hunter will regret reading this one, and many will file these stories in their memory forever.

I think American/Michigan Chillers are really great. Not one of Rand's books have disappointed me. This book is really great, like the other books. I started to read these great books in 2nd grade. About the story: Chad and Michelle Prescott see something big. Something vicious. Something Purple with 41 teeth. They are seeing more and more of them and look very dangerous. They have to find a way to get rid of these ugly things. They get help from Rachel and Derek Baker, their new friends. Together, can they figure out a way to destroy or get rid of these terrible creatures? I'm not going to tell you! (nah nah) find out by reading American chillers #17 South Carolina Sea Creatures.

During the "French and Indian War" both Britain and France tried to "hire" Cherokee mercenaries. The interaction between the British, the Provincials, and the Cherokees evolved into a full-blown, separate conflict which twice required action by the British military in the southeast, especially in the colonies of South Carolina and far western Virginia. This is a well indexed and chronologically ordered collection of various documents from that conflict sent by, and to, the Commander of His Majesty's forces; Jeffrey Amherst.

Suzanne Linder has produced yet another excellent book dealing with South Carolina. This book provides an interesting glimpse explaining how twenty-four Anglican Churches evolved in colonial South Carolina. This book has numerous excellent pictures and illustartions, many have been taken by the author. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interst in the early church history of South Carolina, or the history of the South.

This packet will be very useful on our journey on the AT. The maps are waterproof and very detailed with shelters, mileage, and altitude. The book itself contains everything we needed to know about each section of the trail and allowed us to choose which sections we deemed most inviting.

This book grew out of a Doctoral Thesis that the Author completed at the Harvard University in 1980 A more thorough book on the personality of Arjuna is almost impossible to find. Ruth Katz has treated Arjuna's persona under three headings: Hero, Human, and Devotee.If you want to know how to be either a Hero, or a Human or a Devotee, there is no better example than that of the Dearest friend of God Lord Krishna namely Arjuna, and Ruth Katz has presented Arjuna in a very clear picture. A MUST for any student of any religion, creed or belief.Students of Indian studies should be thankful to Ruth Katz. I am.

The trials,Successes and failures of our early settlers are brought to life by James Goodman. What stands out in his books is the fortitude of the Dicks & O'Neale families and the ruthlessness of the British sympathizers.
Ashes to Honor is a continuation of Goodman's 2 other books,With Wings of an Eagle and The Rusty Charm.It continues about the Dicks & O'Neal families of South Carolina in the middle 1800's.There is also another book called When Angels Sleep that continues the life of these 2 familes into the 1900's'

If you like Historical Novels, You will like these books about the familes of Granville Plantation set in South Carolina.

The book purports to provide just that -- an overview of a beautiful city nestled strategically between the Blueridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains. The reader gets a glimpse of Asheville's rich heritage -- the down-home hospitality of its downtown and the mystic beauty of its mountains; the folk arts and crafts of its multi-ethnic community and the splendid out-door recreational and tourist attractions offered to its visitors; its numerous cultural resources, including art museums, galleries, live theater, symphonies, as well as a description of its growing economy with its developing communications networks,its manufacturing and technology industries, its business, financial and real estate industries, and its educational and health care centers.

The book will warm the heart of readers who are interested in visiting Asheville on a holiday as well as those considering a move to the area for more reasons than its temperate climate and cultural amenities. Though this work is a typical over-sized coffee-table book, its authors (all residents of Asheville) ably provide a well documented text to complement the outstanding picturesque, colorful photography by Tim Barnell. As a recent retiree having moved to the area after a year of careful research about Asheville, I love this book -- the only one on the topic with fabulous photographs as well as well written supportive textual materials covering a variety of topics. Excellent reading and viewing for someone who might consider moving to Asheville, a city frequently rated as one of the top ten places to retire! It has been just rated #1 in AARP's May-June, 2000 issue of Modern Maturity, for the best small city in the USA which to retire!

Doris Betts has written a group of stories peopled with all of us. Faced with their own "ordinariness," and their recognition of what they could be if only they knew how to get there from here, Doris Betts' characters charm us and break our hearts. Ms. Betts has done it again; she does it every time. Brava!