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A firsthand account of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the Old South rice kingdom from one of South Carolina's founding families

The Civil War and Reconstruction eras decimated the…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4582910/Seven-Strong
A collaboration between the South Carolina Poetry Initiative and the University of South Carolina Press, the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize is a celebration of accomplished and emerging poet…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4582942/The-Gold-Seekers
This is the first book to tie together the earlier gold rush in the Carolinas and Georgia with the well-known California gold rush of 1849. It presents a history of the Southern gold rush and…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4582902/The-Supreme-Court-under-Morrison-R-Waite-1874-1888
A view of the major legal challenges of post-Civil War America as seen from the highest court in the land.

In The Supreme Court under Morrison R. Waite, 1874-1888, Paul Kens provides a…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4582966/Views-and-Reviews-in-American-Literature-History-and-Fiction
Views and Reviews in American Literature, History and Fiction shows William Gilmore Simms theorizing the "American" aspects of American literature, as well as the relationship between America'…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4583529/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…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4582894/Understanding-Colum-McCann
The first critical approach to the literary career of the 2009 National Book Award winner

Understanding Colum McCann chronicles the Irish-born writer's journey to literary celebrity fro…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4582934/Tell-It-Like-It-Is
In Tell It Like It Is, Mary E. Triece brings to light a lesser known yet influential social movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s—the welfare rights movement, led and run largely by poor…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4582950/Seeking-the-Historical-Cook
A primer on applying historical and culinary practices to modern day cooking

Seeking the Historical Cook is a guide to historical cooking methods from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4582958/The-Origins-of-Southern-Evangelicalism
During the late seventeenth century, a heterogeneous mixture of Protestant settlers made their way to the South Carolina lowcountry from both the Old World and elsewhere in the New. Representi…]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:53 -0800