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The remarkable story of how an earthen fort defense shielded a Southern city from the ironclad monitors of the U.S. Navy

Built out of sand and mud, Fort McAllister was designed to serve…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534262/Yearning-to-Breathe-Free
A sociological approach to appreciating the heroism and legacy of the Gullah statesman

On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate warship, the Planter, from C…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534299/Relieve-Us-of-This-Burthen
Relieve Us of This Burthen is the first book-length study of Continental soldiers, officers, and militiamen held as prisoners of war by the British in the South during the American Revolution.…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534309/War-Is-Not-Just-for-Heroes
Firsthand accounts of war in the Pacific theater from an intrepid reporter of World War II combat

War Is Not Just for Heroes rescues the incredible true stories of US Marine Corps. Writ…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534598/From-Revolution-to-Reunion
An examination of the peaceful reconciliation process that reunited a war-torn state and country

The American Revolution was a vicious civil war fought between families and neighbors. N…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534599/Understanding-Adrienne-Rich
The study of the full career of an award-winning writer who evolved from traditional to radical

Among the most celebrated American poets of the past half century, Adrienne Rich was the…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534680/The-Vain-Conversation
"An incisive, gripping, and empathetic novel." — Kirkus Reviews [starred review]

An engrossing novel based on the true story of the 1946 lynching of two Black couples in Georgia.
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In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burning…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534787/Patriots-in-Exile
In the months following the May 1780 capture of Charleston, South Carolina, by combined British and loyalist forces, British soldiers arrested sixty-three paroled American prisoners and transp…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534807/Struggling-to-Learn
The battle for equality in education during the civil rights era came at a cost to Black Americans on the frontlines. In 1964 when fourteen-year-old June Manning Thomas walked into Orangeburg…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700