It Happened in South Carolina (It Happened In Series) - Softcover

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Perry, Lee Davis; Mclaughlin, J. Michael

 
9780762760251: It Happened in South Carolina (It Happened In Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0762760257 ISBN 13: 9780762760251
Verlag: Globe Pequot, 2011

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This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Palmetto State.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lee Davis Perry was raised in Charleston and returned there in 1987 to focus on a freelance marketing and advertising career. J. Michael McLaughlin has been living in and writing about the Lowcountry for more than twenty years.

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True Tales from the Palmetto State's Past--from the ghostly Gray Man to the return of the H. L. Hunley Much has happened in South Carolina throughout its checkered history, and the myriad of significant events and fascinating repercussions surrounding them have been described by writers of every stripe for at least three hundred years. It Happened in South Carolina goes behind the scenes to tell its story, in short episodes that reveal the intriguing people and events that have shaped the Palmetto State. - Discover the escapades of "Gentleman Pirate" Stede Bonnet, who terrorized the coastline alongside the notorious Blackbeard. - Make the acquaintance of young Eliza Lucas, who changed the course of American history when she took charge of the family plantation at the tender age of sixteen. - Learn about the famous Haile Gold Mine, at one time the most successful producer of gold east of the Mississippi River. - Learn how the Jenkins Orphanage Band originated the dance craze known as the Charleston.

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Verlag
Globe Pequot
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762760257
ISBN 13 
9780762760251
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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