South Carolina Books

The book is a great story of how two vastly different generations developing relationship is reminicint of a time when family was important. What the Publishers Weekly reviewers and others seem to miss is that a story that takes the reader through the developing relationship of Sylvia and Miz Lula Maye. A straight forward story of a child's relationship with a centarian, what an interesting idea. Why do children stories all have to be mystical or fantasy. Why not just tell a story about life. That is what this book does. An authentic voice and good story.

Charlestonians are a dying breed. With the influx of people from "off" (i.e. outsiders) moving south in droves, driving up property values, and renovating every bit of authenticity out of the city's historic fabric, books like this are one of the last refuges for someone to understand what it was like when Charleston was an actual community rather than a tourist destination, college town, and open air mall. Here are the names, addresses, personalities and stories of the city during the great depression. With this book in hand it is possible to walk the streets and see them through different eyes. Sadly, though, if you go to Dr. Williams's boyhood home address of 119 Wentworth St., you will see a 1970's apartment building instead of the shabby brick Charleston single house so lovingly described in the book. But look closer. There, sandwiched between the apartments and a cinderblock fence is the magnolia tree he mentions next to Kirkland lane. That tree and this book are our living links to the past.

I received this book as a Christmas gift from a friend and throughly enjoyed reading it. The author, Pierre McGowan, brought back many of my childhood and early adult memories of hunting and fishing. My experiences, though not nearly as extensive as those of McGowan, were in rural north Florida. His is a book I read slowly because I enjoyed it so much and hated for it to end. No doubt, anyone, especially from the South, who enjoys hunting and fishing, will be entertained by this book, and I highly recommend it.

E.C.L. Adams was an interesting fellow. In the 1920s, he won the trust of the Blacks in his area and they told him raw stories filled with their true feelings about racial oppression as well as other aspects of their daily lives. Adams collected these stories into two volumes that are collected here (as well as some additional material)that hold up quite well today. No patronizing of his subjects, stereotyping, nor overexaggerated "Negro dialect" which marred similar collections of this kind of material by White writers. I would recommend this and Zora Neale Hurston's "Mules and Men" and "Every Tounge Got to Confess" for anyone who wants to know the real deal on African-American folklore.

One minor complaint, the editor mentions the existance of some other tales that Adams colected that exist in his papers that do not appear in this collection. Wonder why this stuff wasn't included?

A remarkable achievement. The included audio CD is worth the purchase price alone! As a self-taught potter, I particularly appreciate this book. Of the hundreds of items I've purchased through Amazon, this is the first time I've felt really compelled to offer a review. Anyone even marginally serious about making pottery on the wheel or better understanding its Southern roots in the United States will benefit greatly by reading this book and listening to the candid interviews of humble rural craftspeople who did this work simply because they discovered its value and it became their life. This is a wonderful book, and Mr. Mack has captured some real wisdom here that now will be available for many generations to come.

When I told someone I was writing a book about the Catholic Church in North Carolina the response was: "That won't take long! It should result in a nice little pamphlet." The point was that until recently Catholics were as rare in NC as hen's teeth. Now the churches are bursting at the seams. Tar Heel Catholics is an effort to reconstruct the torturous journey from a handful of scattered members of the church in the early 19th century to the two prosperous dioceses in the state today. (However, North Carolina still has a lower percentage of its population Catholic than nearly any other state.)
My training was in sociology and I think I bring sociological perspectives to the work. Why was the church so slow to take root here? What position did the church take towards slavery, segregation? What were the dimensions of anti-Catholic sentiment? How did a church organization go from nothing to a complex bureaucracy?
My point is that the book should be of interest to folks who are not Catholics. I think it is solidly data-based yet written in an engaging style. Take a look!

Tom Perry is to be commended for performing so well with an arduous task. His book provides much information about teams and players in the South Carolina Upstate during the days of Textile League baseball. Without the research Tom has done, this generation and those to come would know less and less about this era of mill baseball that produced so many great teams and players in addition to making the monotony of mill life much more palatable to the workers. In addition to his text, his listing of yearly teams along with their records and rosters make this volume extremely helpful as a reference book. What Tom undertook was no easy task. But baseball fans owe a thank you to this author whose work will continue to be valuable source for generations to come.

As a student of history (Ok - I'll grant you I have only a dilettante status) I must say this is a book that everyone should read. Dusinberre doesn't spare the grisly details and approaches the subject from a variety of angles. You'll get the view of the charnel house and from planters.

All to better illuminate a ghastly system that put so many into the grinder.

Powerful and well written. If you love the Palmetto State and history in general then I highly recommend this one.

I think this book gives a full explanation of racial harmony. I recommend this for project use. I think the comments about racial harmony are very useful; I find it is very informative.

Sharanya

Many people resort to reading Hoffmann in German. Many other Writers used Hoffmann's outlines to make their own novels.

This book is a translation of

"Little Zaches, Surnamed Zinnober"
Pure entertainment, and of a high order.

"Princess Brambilla"
A complex and controversial work.

"Master Flea"
Not published until 1908 eighty-six years after composition.