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Books to read if you're planning a vacation in "South Carolina", sorted by average review score:
The Buildings of Charleston: A Guide to the City's Architecture
Published in Hardcover by University of South Carolina Press (December, 1997)
Author: Jonathan H. Poston
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An absolute must if you love architecture and Charleston.
Mr. Poston has done an excellent and exhaustive job with this book. To my knowledge it is the most comprehensive compilation to date. As well as photographs of the houses plans are also shown for many. A 9+ only because I'm reluctant to say that the "perfect" book has ever been published.

Byrd's Line: A Natural History
Published in Hardcover by University Press of Virginia (October, 2002)
Author: Stephen C. Ausband
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An easy, delightful read--and not a hint of leather or tweed
Dr. Ausband's elegant, easy, affable writing style (threaded with humor and just a hint of the bawdy) mirrors that of his subject, and reading this book is very much like listening in on a conversation between two men sharing their thoughts, observations, and tall tales about their adventures in a land they both love, while warming their hands around a steaming mug of coffee before an autumn campfire. The fact that they are separated by three centuries of "progress" is no barrier to their camaraderie, and because the book is so well written, the reader becomes a member of Byrd's expedition team, too, as Ausband does---without having to clean the mud off his or her boots, or cut through the brush in the Dismal Swamp. Almost incidentally, he or she also gets an education in botany, ornithology, and zoology along the imaginary line that separates Virginia from North Carolina, the descriptions of the animals, plants, and people Byrd encountered (and Ausband revisits) as colorful as the Carolina parakeet that once overran the area--and nowhere to be found is the cloying smell of leather elbow patches and tweed the one might expect such a book to exude.

It's a skillful piece of work, written by a master storyteller, and will be of interest to anyone who is a student of Byrd of Westover, a resident of the geographic area, a fisherman or hunter or hiker, or a bibliophile unable to resist the lure of an exceptionally well-wrought book.

Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouse
Published in Hardcover by Cumberland House (July, 1999)
Authors: Thomas Yocum, Bruce Roberts, and Cheryl Shelton-Roberts
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Review by Homer H. Hickam
Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouse is a treasure to all of us who love what is arguably the most famous lighthouse in the world. The authors should be commended for writing not only a fascinating look into the past and future of this great beacon, but also a damn fine tale of passion, perseverance, intrigue, romance, grand schemes, utter calamities, and vast heroism.

This is an important bit of American history but it is not a dry text. This book is a real page-turner, one that will illuminate your mind as surely as the Hatteras lighthouse on a frightening, dark sea. Like the mariners which once depended on the light to skirt a dangerous coast, after you finish reading this book, you will be grateful for the experience.

Carolina Cradle: Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762
Published in Paperback by Univ of North Carolina Pr (August, 1987)
Author: Robert W. Ramsey
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Most informative and interesting I have read on genealogy .
I have always loved this book and wordered if the author wrote any other books.

The Carolina Housewife
Published in Hardcover by University of South Carolina Press (December, 1991)
Authors: Sarah, Rutledge and Anna W. Rutledge
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A Must for Carolinian Cooks
If you are from South Carolina and you love southern cooking, then you should have The Carolina Housewife in your kitchen. It is fascinating to learn what SCarolinians were eating in the nineteenth century. Spend an evening in the past having a nineteenth-century meal! Learn how to make your own mayonnaise, ginger beer, hommony, etc. The University of South Carolina Press should be commended for keeping this book in print. Perhaps they will consider a paperback edition in the future.

Carolina Wine Country, The Complete Guide
Published in Paperback by Woodhaven Publishing (01 January, 1999)
Author: Pamela Watson
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Winery Guide for Carolina Day Trippers
While compiling a listing of North Carolina wineries, I stumbled across Pamela Watson's book in a local library. With the wealth of history on grapes and winemaking in the Tarheel State, I bought an autographed copy for my personal library. I found it perfect for the day tripper, as this paperback fits nicely in a picnic basket or the door map pocket of my van. Extensive interviews with winery owners, lots of history, precise driving directions, wine listings, food pairings, and other sites of interest near each winery (including chambers of commerce, lodging information, and recommendations for local eateries). Well researched and complete for both North and South Carolina and their burgeoning wine industry. Contains telephone numbers, web sites (if available), and suggested winery groupings for day tours. Would that all winery guides be this complete!

The Caverel Claim
Published in Hardcover by St. Martin's Press (01 December, 1998)
Author: Peter Rawlinson
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Intriguing and unusual British legal thriller

In 1994, though she knew her beloved Robin was dying, Andrea Caverel believed that the medical community would save her beloved spouse from the debilitating unknown virus that destroyed his body. Their three-year old son Francis becomes the seventeenth Baron Caverel, inheriting the vast estate.

South Carolina resident Sarah Wilson has come to London, insisting that she is actually Fleur Caverel and is the rightful heir to the vast estate. Apparently, Fleur claims that her ma was actually a foster mother, whom last month told her the truth about who she truly is. Sarah insists that she is the daughter of Robin's older brother Julian (died in 1978), who was the fifteenth Baron and that she, not Robin nor Francis, should have inherited the estate. The sides begin the battle in and out of the court to determine who is the rightful owner of the Caverel estate.

The recent gains in DNA testing (think Clinton and the dress, and the Romanov line), may make readers think this book is outdated. To the contrary, THE CAVEREL CLAIM remains an intriguing legal thriller that will remind readers of "Anastasia". The story line is fast-paced and the insight into the English peerage and court system quite intriguing. The motives of the characters seem genuine and help propel the tale forward. Fans of a British legal thriller, especially one that is a bit different from the norm, will enjoy Peter Rawlinson's claim to the sub-genre's upper echelon.

Harriet Klausner

A Century of American Sculpture: Treasures from Brookgreen Gardens
Published in Hardcover by Abbeville Press, Inc. (June, 1988)
Authors: Walton Rawls and A. Hyatt Talpheus Mayor
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an excellent book about a gorgeous place.
Brookgreen Gardens is an outdoors public sculpture garden and wildlife preserve near Myrtle Beach, S.C. Begun by a wealty businessman and his sculptor wife to showcase her work, it expanded during the Depression by buying other works, to help support other artists. This book has wonderful pictures and descriptions of some of the collection. There are works by artists we are all familiar with, it's an enjoyable book and the next best thing to going there yourself.

Chapel Hill: An Illustrated History
Published in Hardcover by Barclay Pub (May, 1985)
Authors: James Vickers, Thomas Scism, and Dixon Qualls
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Absolutely essential reading for native and newcomer alike!
This destined-to-be classic deserves--nay, commands--an honored place on the bookshelves of any scholar or devotee of the American academy, village life, urban evolution, and U.S. history or politics. Masterfully illustrated with insightful analyses of time and place, this work represents an amalgam of the best in word and picture. I cannot recommend this work too highly: it should be REQUIRED READING for all who live in, move to, or merely dream of 'the Southern Part of Heaven'.

P. A. Neenan, Ph.D.

Charleston Come Hell or High Water: A History in Photographs
Published in Paperback by University of South Carolina Press (September, 2002)
Authors: Robert N. S. Whitelaw and Alice F. Levkoff
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An excellent way to see Charleston, through pictures
An exciting way to visit the City of Charleston. A city that has survived five major fires, earthquakes, tornadors, cyclones, hurricanes and the 587 day siege of Charleston. Pictures show this proud old lady's struggle to survive during the last 140 years. Wonderful text by Alice Levkoff gives amazing accounts of what was and is Charleston. A pictorial history that shows Charleston is not a sleepy old Southern city.

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