
Planters, Pirates, and Patriots
Historical Tales from the South Carolina Grand Strand
- 192 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
"A popularly written glimpse of history along the Grand Strand... Eminently readable and varied"—from the award-winning historian and author ( The State ). From Little River to Georgetown, the South Carolina Grand Strand—popularly known as the Myrtle Beach region—is only fifty-five miles long, yet few coastlines have a richer, more colorful history. Numbered among its parade of colorful characters are hardened explorers, seasoned woodsmen, remarkable women, famous soldiers, powerful politicians, men of violence, rich men, poor men, and gifted visionaries. Planters, Pirates, and Patriots offers historical vignettes of the Grand Strand's diverse array of heroes, smugglers, and settlers that "have the resonance of real life. Truth is stranger than fiction; it's also more entertaining" ( The Charlotte Observer ). "An enthralling and engrossing history with the pace and vividness of a good novel." —Charles Joyner, author of Down by the Riverside
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE: THE LOST COLONY OF SAN MIGUEL
- CHAPTER TWO: "A VERY WILD AND SAVAGE PEOPLE"
- CHAPTER THREE: THE WILD, WILD WEST OF THE EAST
- CHAPTER FOUR: TERROR OF THE BLACK FLAG
- CHAPTER FIVE: THE EMPIRE BUILT ON RICE
- CHAPTER SIX: THE FOUNDING FATHER WHO DISAPPEARED
- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE SWAMP FOX OF THE REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER EIGHT: WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE -REALLY!
- CHAPTER NINE: THE MISSING BEAUTY
- CHAPTER TEN: "TAKING UP THE CAUSE"
- CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE ADMIRAL'S SURPRISE
- CHAPTER TWELVE: UNCLE JUMBO AND THE MALLARDS
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE KILLER HURRICANE OF 1893
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: FDR'S SECRET VISIT
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE BIRTH OF THE BEACH
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- SOURCES AND CREDITS
- INDEX