uscpress.com - South Carolina History & Culture https://uscpress.com/ Palmetto Profiles https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546285/Palmetto-Profiles
Palmetto Profiles documents the lives and accomplishments of the inductees of the South Carolina Hall of Fame during its first forty years. As Governor John C. West predicted in his dedication…]]>
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The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546239/The-South-Carolina-Encyclopedia-Guide-to-the-American-Revolution-in-South-Carolina
The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the American Revolution in South Carolina details the people, places, and struggles that defined the region's prominent role in the path to American li…]]>
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The Travelers' Charleston https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546446/The-Travelers-Charleston
The Travelers' Charleston is an innovative collection of firsthand narratives that document the history of the South Carolina lowcountry region, specifically that of Charleston, from 1666 unti…]]>
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New Deal, New Landscape https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546186/New-Deal-New-Landscape
Tara Mitchell Mielnik fills a significant gap in the history of the New Deal South by examining the lives of the men of South Carolina's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) who from 1933 to 1942…]]>
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State of the Heart, Volume 3 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546605/State-of-the-Heart-Volume-3
A heartfelt collection of personal stories that connect a common past and offer hope for a promising future

For many, South Carolina is a sunny vacation destination. For those who have…]]>
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Heaven Is a Beautiful Place, second edition https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546822/Heaven-Is-a-Beautiful-Place-second-edition
Born in 1928 in the small coastal town of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Genevieve "Sister" Peterkin grew up with World War II bombing practice in her front yard, deep-sea fishing expeditions…]]>
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Discovering South Carolina's Rock Art https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546155/Discovering-South-Carolinas-Rock-Art
An adventure tale of archaeological research, discovery, and preservation in the South Carolina upcountry.

For years Tommy Charles searched South Carolina's upcountry for examples of an…]]>
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A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546415/A-Yankee-Scholar-in-Coastal-South-Carolina
New Englander William Allen (1830-1889) is mostly known today as the lead editor of the 1867 anthology Slave Songs of the United States, the earliest published collection of Negro spirituals,…]]>
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Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina, Volume 1 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546518/Champions-of-Civil-and-Human-Rights-in-South-Carolina-Volume-1
An anthology of oral history interviews with significant South Carolina civil rights activists

Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina is a five-volume anthology spanning…]]>
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My Ghost Has a Name https://uscpress.com/book-post/1546566/My-Ghost-Has-a-Name
A family friend becomes the detective and seeks the truth when a young woman is jailed for her mother's violent murder

On October 20, 1999, thirty-eight-year-old Nell Crowley Davis was…]]>
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