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Liberty Street: A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War
$26.99PaperbackRead morePurchasing a historic Savannah home unlocks the sweeping story of a Southern Jewish family
As Jason K. Friedman renovated his flat in a grand townhouse in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, he discover
- Author: Friedman, Jason K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1643364693
- Language: English
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Another Sojourner Looking for Truth: My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond
$26.99HardcoverRead moreMemories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justice
Millicent E. Brown’s family home at 270 Ashley Avenue in Charleston, South Carolina, was a center of civil rights acti
- Author: Brown, Millicent E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 164336491X
- Language: English
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Savannah in the New South: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century
$44.99HardcoverRead moreAn examination of the Georgian city’s complicated and sometimes turbulent development
Savannah in the New South: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century, by Walter J. Fraser, Jr., traces the cit
- Author: Fraser, The Estate of Walter J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 08 2018
- ISBN10: 1611178363
- Language: English
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By: Rob Simbeck
The Southern Wildlife Watcher: Notes of a Naturalist
$18.99PaperbackRead moreThe Southern Wildlife Watcher is a colorful look at thirty-six common and not-so-common animals found in the southeastern United States–from the hummingbird to the bald eagle and from the bullfrog to
- Author: Simbeck, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 28, 2020
- ISBN10: 1643360922
- Language: English
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By: Kevin Mitchell
Taste the State: South Carolina’s Signature Foods, Recipes, and Their Stories
$36.99HardcoverRead moreBitter Southerner 2022 Summer Reading pick – Garden & Gun Best Southern Cookbooks pick – Forbes Best New Cookbooks For Travelers pick – 2021 Gourmand International Cookbook Award Finalist – A vivid cu
- Author: Mitchell, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1643361961
- Language: English
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Sharks in the Shallows: Attacks on the Carolina Coast
$19.99PaperbackRead moreA detailed account of over one hundred shark-related incidents on the coast of the Carolinas from a shark-bite investigator
Powerful and mysterious, sharks inspire both fascination and fear. Worldwide,
- Author: Creswell, W. Clay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1643361805
- Language: English
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The End of Tennessee: A Memoir
$22.99PaperbackAdd to cartSouthern Review of Books Best Southern Books of August
A haunting memoir of childhood trauma, building a life, and living with wounds that never heal
“Not a year before I ran away from home at sevent- Author: Hanson, Rachel M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1643364936
- Language: English
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By: Nancy Roberts
Ghosts of the Southern Mountains and Appalachia
$14.99PaperbackRead moreNancy Roberts has often been described to as the “First Lady of American Folklore” and the title is well deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented supernatural experiences and i
- Author: Roberts, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1643360418
- Language: English
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Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald (REV)
$58.57PaperbackAdd to cartThe standard work on Fitzgerald, revised, enlarged, and updated
Since its first publication in 1981, Some Sort of Epic Grandeur has stood apart from other biographies of F. Scott Fitzgerald for its tho
- Author: Bruccoli, Matthew J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1570034559
- Language: English
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By: Walter B. Edgar
South Carolina a History
$46.99HardcoverAdd to cartThe authoritative source for the Palmetto State’s dramatic history
In this comprehensive history of South Carolina, Walter Edgar presents a sweeping chronicle of a state with an illustrious, sometimes
- Author: Edgar, Walter B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 776
- Publish Date: October 02 1999
- ISBN10: 1570032556
- Language: English
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By: Clark, Katherine
My Exaggerated Life: Pat Conroy
$29.99HardcoverRead moreAn oral biography that reveals the Southern author’s true voice
Pat Conroy’s memoirs and autobiographical novels contain a great deal about his life, but there is much he hasn’t revealed to readers–un
- Author: Clark, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1611179076
- Language: English
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By: Robert N. Rosen
A Short History of Charleston
$22.99PaperbackRead moreA lively chronicle of the South’s most renowned city from the founding of colonial Charles Town through the present day
A Short History of Charleston–a lively chronicle of the South’s most renowned an
- Author: Rosen, Robert N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1643361864
- Language: English
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By: Todd Ballantine
Tideland Treasure: The Naturalist’s Guide to the Beaches and Salt Marshes of Hilton Head Island and the Atlantic Coast
$27.99PaperbackAdd to cartTideland Treasure is an illustrated guide to the beaches and marshes of the eastern coast of the United States, encompassing seashores and wetlands from Ocean City, New Jersey, to Cape Canaveral, Flor
- Author: Ballantine, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 30 2013
- ISBN10: 1611171563
- Language: English
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By: Green, Jonathan
Gullah Images: The Art of Jonathan Green
$52.99HardcoverAdd to cartPaintings, magisterial and universal, that capture the essence of a vibrant African American community
In his art Jonathan Green paints the world of his childhood and an ode to a people imbued with a p
- Author: Green, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 01 1996
- ISBN10: 1570031452
- Language: English
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By: McClain, Bren
One Good Mama Bone
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartA novel of courageous parental love and the instructive, healing bonds that form between humans and animals
Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer’s quest
- Series: Story River Books
- Author: McClain, Bren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: December 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1611179823
- Language: English
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By: Piercy, Alan
A Gamecock Odyssey: University of South Carolina Sports in the Independent Era
$71.23HardcoverRead moreMeet the coaches, athletes, and notable characters that laid the foundation for today’s Gamecock Nation.
The summer of 1971 was especially hot in Columbia and not just because of the weather. It was t
- Author: Piercy, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1643364480
- Language: English
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Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams
$39.99HardcoverAdd to cartThe powerful life story and photography of an esteemed Black photojournalist
Cecil Williams is one of the few Southern Black photojournalists of the civil rights movement. Born and raised in Orangeburg
- Author: Brinson, Claudia Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1643364375
- Language: English
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By: David Nicholson
The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration
$27.99HardcoverRead moreA multigenerational story of hope and resilience, The Garretts of Columbia is an American history of Black struggle, sacrifice, and achievement.
At the heart of David Nicholson’s beautifully written an
- Author: Nicholson, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 09, 2024
- ISBN10: 1643364545
- Language: English
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Kugels and Collards: Stories of Food, Family, and Tradition in Jewish South Carolina
$36.99HardcoverAdd to cartGarden & Gun fall cookbooks pick. The Nosher Best Jewish Cookbooks of 2023. The Local Palate Best Cookbooks of 2023. A poignant–and delicious–compendium of South Carolina Jewish life revealed throug
- Author: Barnett, Rachel Gordin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1643364219
- Language: English








