University Of South Carolina Press: 384 books

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Caissons Go Rolling Along

A Memoir of America in Post-World War I Germany

by Johnson Hagood
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012

Major General Johnson Hagood (1873–1948) was one of South Carolina's most distinguished army officers of the twentieth century. An artillerist and a scholar of military science, Hagood became a noted expert in logistics and served as the chief of staff of the Services of Supply in World War I Europe....
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The Lost Woods

Stories

by H. William Rice
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014

The Lost Woods is a collection of fifteen short stories, most of them set in and around the fictional small town of Sledge, South Carolina. The events narrated in the stories begin in the 1930s and continue to the present day. The stories aren’t accounts of hunting methods or legends of trophy kills—they...
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Dreaming with Animals

Anna Hyatt Huntington and Brookgreen Gardens

by L. Kerr Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017

Dreaming with Animals is the first children’s biography of celebrated sculptor and Brookgreen Gardens cofounder Anna Hyatt Huntington. Her remarkable life serves as an inspiration not only because of the greatness of her art but also because of her courage and perseverance. L. Kerr Dunn highlights...
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Managing Vulnerability

South Africa's Struggle for a Democratic Rhetoric

by Richard C. Marback, Thomas W. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012

In Managing Vulnerability, Richard C. Marback analyzes the tension surrounding the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa through a rhetorical lens. Marback studies the heart of South Africa’s desire for reconciliation and contends that this goal could be achieved only through the...
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Altered Environments

The Outer Banks of North Carolina

by Jeffrey Pompe
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012

The constant assault of natural forces make fragile barrier islands some of the most rapidly changing locations in the world, but human activities have had enormous impact on these islands as well. In Altered Environments, Jeffrey and Kathleen Pompe explore the complex interactions between nature...
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by Archibald Rutledge
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018

One of the more underappreciated aspects of Archibald Rutledge’s varied and prolific literary efforts focuses on the way he could weave stories involving danger in the wilds. What he frequently described as chimeras—great sharks, alligators, rattlesnakes, and cottonmouths of incredible and often...
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The Torrid Zone

Caribbean Colonization and Cultural Interaction in the Long Seventeenth Century

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Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018

Brimming with new perspectives and cutting-edge research, the essays collected in The Torrid Zone explore colonization and cultural interaction in the Caribbean from the late 1600s to the early 1800s—a period known as the “long” seventeenth century—a time when these encounters varied widely...
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by Carla Damron
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016

Clawing chest pains and a fiery car crash take one life and change the destiny of four others. The Stone Necklace braids together the stories of a grieving widow, a struggling nurse, a young mother, and a troubled homeless man, reminding us of the empowering and surprising ways our lives touch one...
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Summoning the Dead

Essays on Ron Rash

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Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018

Since his dramatic appearance on the southern literary stage with his debut novel, One Foot in Eden, Ron Rash has continued a prolific outpouring of award-winning poetry and fiction. His status as a regular on the New York Times Best Sellers list, coupled with his impressive critical acclaim—including...
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Soon

Stories

by Pam Durban
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015

Pam Durban's new collection of stories explores the myriad ways people lose, find, and hold on to one another. When all else fails her characters--science, religion, family, self--the powerful act of storytelling itself keeps their broken lives together and fosters hope. Each story in this rewarding...
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The Harvard Bride

A Mountain Brook Novel

by Katherine Clark
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016

Katherine Clark’s The Harvard Bride begins with the lavish Mountain Brook wedding of Daniel Dobbs and Caroline Elmore, college sweethearts introduced in Clark’s second novel, All the Governor’s Men. Picking up where the previous novel ended, The Harvard Bride is a wry comedy of manners and portrait...
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The Final Days of Great American Shopping

Stories Past, Present, and Future

by Gilbert Allen
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016

An affectionate satire of the culture of self-indulgence, The Final Days of Great American Shopping exposes the American obsessions with money, mass marketing, and material objects. In Belladonna, a gated subdivision in upstate South Carolina, readers meet acolorful cast of characters doing their...
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by Tom Worley
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014

From its founding in 1842 the Citadel has been steeped in tradition. There have been changes through the years, but the basics of the military code and the plebe system have remained constant. Citadel graduate Tom Worley has crafted this collection of short stories about life at the South Carolina...
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The Haunted South

Where Ghosts Still Roam

by Nancy Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013

This collection features such stories as "Passenger Train Number 9"; "The Little People"; "The Phantom Rider of the Confederacy"; "The Demon of Wizard Clip"; "Room for One More"; "Tavern of Terror"; "The Surrency Ghost"; "The...
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