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Charleston Come Hell or High Water: A History in Photographs
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by Robert N. S. Whitelaw and Alice F. Levkoff
Sales Rank: 340729
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List Price: $19.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 150 pages
Published by: University of South Carolina Press September 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1570034648
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1570034640
Book Dimensions:
10.3 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Book Description
Charleston Come Hell or High Water captures the indomitable spirit of one of Americas oldest and best-preserved cities. Praised by Charlestonians since its initial publication, and now in its sixth printing, this gripping collection of 168 black and white photographs depicts Charleston from the advent of photography in the 1840s through the late twentieth century.
Updated with photographs of Hurricane Hugos destruction, Charleston Come Hell or High Water offers a pictorial saga as engaging and multifaceted as the city itself. Southern belles in the camellia gardens of Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, Citadel cadets in drill, African-Americans at work, attending church, or coping with natural disasters, and the 1901 South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition share pages with images of devastation wrought by war, hurricanes, fire, tornadoes, and an earthquake. The photographs include Civil War views, many from the glass plates of Mathew Brady, and images taken by both local enthusiasts and professional photographers. The collection highlights Charlestons trove of architectural gems-some lost but many preserved for the future.
Robert N. S. Whitelaw, a lifelong champion the city, collected most of the photographs for the volume but died before completing his task. Alice Levkoff assembled the book and wrote its text.
About The Author
When ALICE LEVKOFF, a graduate of the University of Michigan, moved to her husbands hometown of Charleston, her latent interest in architectural history blossomed. Her years of work with the Historic Charleston Foundation and other preservation organizations, coupled with her research at the Charleston Library Society and South Carolina Historical Society, provided the background for assembling this collection of period photographs. Levkoff lives in Charleston.
ROBERT N. S. WHITELAW (1905–1974) was a founding trustee of the Historic Charleston Foundation and the first full-time director of the Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery. In that position, he also assumed custody of the Dock Street Theatre after its reconstruction in 1937.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Charleston Come Hell or High Water: A History in Photographs (Paperback)
Intending just to thumb through the book, I found I could not put it down. Having just returned from a vacation to Myrtle Beach (and visiting Charleston and Ft. Sumter), I was pleasantly surprised to recognize so many of the structures in the photographs. In addition, the captions were entertaining and provided a further glimpse into the lives of those in the photographs. Pictures included people, structures and scenes from all walks of life--high society and economically disadvantaged. Pre-civil war daguerrotypes start off this photographic history book. I wish I had taken this book with me to visit Charleston!
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