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A rich portrait of Black life in South Carolina's Upstate

Encyclopedic in scope, yet intimate in detail, African American Life in South Carolina's Upper Piedmont, 1780-1900, delves into…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4424389/The-Man-Who-Started-the-Civil-War
A fresh biography of a neglected figure in Southern history who played a pivotal role in the Civil War.

In the predawn hours of April 12, 1861, James Chesnut Jr. piloted a small skiff…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4424473/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, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4424372/Beatrices-Ledger
A vivid and moving story about family, courage, and the power of education

Ruth remembers the day the sheriff pulled up in front of her family's home with a white neighbor who claimed R…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4423292/South-Carolina-in-the-Modern-Age
Originally published in 1992, South Carolina in the Modern Age was the first history of contemporary South Carolina to appear in more than a quarter century and helped establish the reputation…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4423228/The-Siege-of-Charleston-1861-1865
On April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was fired on by the Confederate batteries located around the Charleston Harbor. Within thirty-four hours, the fort had surrendered. From that moment on, the reca…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4424353/Charleston-Renaissance-Man
A study of the life, work, and extraordinary influence of an innovative architect

Albert Simons came of age during the vibrant years of the Charleston Renaissance in the early twentieth…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4424471/From-New-Babylon-to-Eden-updated-edition
A revealing account of the choices French immigrants faced as they settled in South Carolina

Winner of the National Huguenot Society's 2007 Book of the Year award, From New Babylon to…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4423400/Promiseland
A portrait of a dynamic African American community in the rural South

Promiseland chronicles the intergenerational story of fifty African American families living in the rural community…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4423365/A-World-Turned-Upside-Down
A remarkable chronicle of one family's thirty-year plummet from prominence to poverty

A World Turned Upside Down follows the trials of the nineteenth-century planter family that once do…]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:39:40 -0700