Preserving Charleston's Past, Shaping Its Future: The Life and Times of Susan Pringle Frost - Softcover

Bland, Sidney R.

 
9781570032905: Preserving Charleston's Past, Shaping Its Future: The Life and Times of Susan Pringle Frost

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Born in the Reconstruction-era South, Susan Pringle Frost was an outspoken champion of many causes. This biography enumerates her many accomplishments, concentrating on her creation of the historical preservation movement in Charleston, South Carolina. She defied convention to establish a real estate office in Charleston's all-male professional district, bought and renovated houses around the city's oldest thoroughfare, and founded the Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings. Includes b&w historical photos. Bland teaches history a James Madison University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Sidney Bland is a professor of history and cochair of American studies at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Bland has published articles in South Carolina Historical Magazine, Historic Preservation, Furman Studies, and the Journal of Long Island History.

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9780313292941: Preserving Charleston's Past, Shaping Its Future: The Life and Times of Susan Pringle Frost (Contributions in American Studies)

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ISBN 10:  0313292949 ISBN 13:  9780313292941
Verlag: Praeger, 1994
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