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In A Life Afield, A. Hunter Smith welcomes readers to sit by his fireside as he recounts twelve evocative tales from his extensive experience as a hunter and hunting guide. Though Smith could…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655404/What-Is-a-Garden
Poet and environmentalist W. S. Merwin moved to Hawaii in 1976 and has spent the last forty years planting nineteen acres with more than eight hundred species of palm, creating a lush garden o…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655397/Amadeus
Lowcountry storyteller Delores B. Nevils and acclaimed artist Jonathan Green collaborate to share the story of Amadeus, a loud and proud leghorn rooster who comes to live with a widow lady in…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655386/On-the-Waters-of-the-Wissahickon
In this comprehensive history of Erdenheim Farm, On the Waters of the Wissahickon separates the facts from the multitude of fictions, revealing the complex and intriguing history behind this i…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655363/The-Doom-of-Ravenswood
Archibald Rutledge's story "The Doom of Ravenswood" is a harrowing account of the power of the natural world and of the dangers for humans and animals alike to be found in the ominous swamps o…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655351/The-Geography-of-South-Carolina
The Geography of South Carolina, published in 1843, is a companion piece for the edition of The History of South Carolina that came out the previous year. The separation of Simms's subject int…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655339/Daffodils-in-American-Gardens-1733-1940
A multifaceted history of daffodils and the historic and modern gardens they have called home

Since their earliest identification in the mid-1500s, more than twenty-eight thousand hybri…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655334/Readings-in-Wood
Award-winning nature writer John Leland offers a collection of twenty-seven short, poetic essays that marry science and the humanities as the author seeks meaning in trees. Readings in Wood is…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655236/Painting-the-Landscape-with-Fire
Fire can be a destructive, deadly element of nature, capable of obliterating forests, destroying homes, and taking lives. Den Latham's Painting the Landscape with Fire describes this phenomeno…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1655259/Riverbanks-Zoo-and-Garden
Recognized today as one of America's best zoos, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has become one of Columbia, South Carolina's most popular tourist destinations and one of the most visited zoos in the…]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 05:48:43 -0700