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The landmark—but largely unsung—career of a civil rights pioneer

Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times, and His Legacy chronicles the life and accomplishments of the attorney who led the…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408907/Dead-Men-Tell-No-Tales
A chronicle of murders, mutiny, and mayhem carried out by a real pirate of the Caribbean

Dead men tell no tales, or so the pirate maxim goes. But shortly before execution for mutiny and…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409163/The-Voice-of-Small-Town-America
A sampling of the popular wit and insights of the Garrison Keillor of his era

Deemed "the Sage of Fountain Inn" by Alexander Woollcott, newspaper publisher and editor Robert Quillen (18…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408870/Cultivating-a-New-South
The story of a Yankee reformer and her life in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Born into a Massachusetts abolitionist family, Abbie Holmes Christensen (1852-1938) epitomized the Yankee…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409370/The-Day-the-Johnboat-Went-up-the-Mountain
True tales of underwater adventures and discoveries in the Palmetto State's maritime history

Combining his skills as a veteran journalist and well-practiced storyteller with his two dec…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410630/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…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408817/A-Memoir-of-the-Last-Year-of-the-War-for-Independence-in-the-Confederate-States-of-America
The first veteran's memoir to be published on either side, following the end of the Civil War

Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) ranked among the most important generals who fought with R…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409111/Caissons-Go-Rolling-Along
An engrossing portrait of war-torn Europe written by one of South Carolina's most distinguished military officers of the last century.

Major General Johnson Hagood (1873-1948) was one o…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409217/Making-Government-Work
A bold call to action for those who would lead well and those who would be well led.

"Performance is better than promise" has long been the motto of Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, a former…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409271/The-Chief-Justiceship-of-Melville-W-Fuller-1888-1910
The safeguarding of economic rights during Fuller's tenure

In this comprehensive interpretation of the Supreme Court during the pivotal tenure of Melville W. Fuller, James W. Ely Jr., p…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800