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The biography of the first female Supreme Court Justice of South Carolina

In Madam Chief Justice, editors W. Lewis Burke Jr. and Joan P. Assey chronicle the remarkable career of Jean Ho…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586948/Citizen-Scholar
A collection of essays reflecting on Edgar as friend and colleague and on the subjects of his scholarly work

Citizen-Scholar comprises essays written in honor of Walter Edgar, South Car…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586927/Colonel-Henry-Theodore-Titus
The first full-length biography of a saloon-brawling braggart and frontier opportunist turned justice of the peace

Henry Theodore Titus (1822-1881) was the quintessential adventurer, so…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586916/Focus-on-Playwrights
A photographer's intimate view of writers' personal and creative journeys

In 1989 Susan Johann was hired to photograph Christopher Durang for a magazine article about his play Naomi in…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586913/Becoming-Southern-Writers
Southern writers, historians, and artists celebrate the life and career of a beloved mentor, friend, and colleague

Edited by southern historians Orville Vernon Burton and Eldred E. Prin…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586878/Wil-Lou-Gray
The biography of a pioneering advocate for literacy and adult education in South Carolina

In Wil Lou Gray: The Making of a Southern Progressive from New South to New Deal, Mary Macdonal…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586850/A-Yankee-Scholar-in-Coastal-South-Carolina
The Civil War journals of a Northern abolitionist engaged in the Port Royal Experiment

New Englander William Francis Allen (1830-1889) is mostly known today as the lead editor of the 18…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586834/Belvidere-commemorative-edition
The rich history of a Southern cotton plantation and the many generations of the family it served

"Belvidere is underwater too deep for any eye but that of memory to reach," begins Anne…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586848/Florida-Founder-William-P-DuVal
The biography of a well-connected but nearly forgotten American antebellum politician

In Florida Founder William P. DuVal, James M. Denham provides the first full-length biography of th…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4586955/Captain-James-Carlin
A portrait of one of the most successful blockade runners who brought vital supplies to Confederate forces

Captain James Carlin is a biography of a shadowy nineteenth-century British Co…]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:17:48 -0800