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STOLNOY TO SPARTANBURG:
The Two Worlds of a Former Russian Princess
by
Marie Gagarine
Marie Gagarine grew up amid
the luxury and privilege of tsarist Russia. With the the Revolution in
1917, the world of her youth was swept away and she was forced to flee,
eventually finding a new life for herself and her sons in the United States.
This is well written story
of a courageous, charming woman who demonstrates nobility in the wake of
hard times. She became a devoted citizen of her adopted country.
She settled in Spartanburg, SC where she was dedicated to her teaching at
Wofford College.
138 pages. Black and
white photographs.
ISBN 0-87844-198-0,
ISBN 13 978-0-87844-198-3
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THE LAST OF THE BIGHAMS
by J. A. Zeigler |
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The first biography
of the bizarre Bigham family, written at the close of Edmund
Bigham's first trial for the mass murder that shocked South
Carolina in the early 1920's.
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ISBN
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STROM THURMOND, The Public Man
by Joseph C. Ellers |
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This
biography of Senator Thurmond explores the colorful career
of this individual whose ideas and actions have helped to
shape Southern politics. Joe Ellers has been fortunate to
work with and for the senator. In this book, Ellers presents
a positive public evolution of Strom Thurmond and the South.
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DORN:
Of the People, A Political Way of Life
by William Jennings Bryan
Dorn and Scott Derks |
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A first-hand account of Congressman
Dorn’s encounters with major political figures such as Presidents Harry Truman,
John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon.
DORN, William Jennings Bryan (1916—2005)
William Jennings Bryan Dorn,
a
Representative from South Carolina; born near Greenwood,
Greenwood County, S.C., April 14, 1916.
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THE LIFE OF GENERAL FRANCIS
MARION
by Brig. Gen. Peter Horry and Parson M. L. Weems |
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General Francis Marion was a celebrated Partisan Officer in the Revolutionary
War, against the British and Tories in South Carolina and Georgia. This
biography, first published in 1824, was written by Peter Horry who served in
Marion’s brigade as one of his most trusted officers during his guerilla
campaigns. Horry gave his manuscript to Parsom Weems who fictionalized the
account into a romantic biography. Weems and Horry together tell a tale of the
man whose real life was as exciting as any adventure story.
254 pages. 2000.
John F. Blair.
Softcover,
ISBN 13: 978-0-89587-196-1,ISBN 0-89587-196-3, $9.95 |
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BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE,
A Reappraisal of His Life and Times
by Robert
E. Lee
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A fascinating and
authoritative study that reads like an exciting swashbuckler. Lee goes beyond
the myths and the image Teach so carefully cultivated to reveal a new
Blackbeard--infinitely more interesting as a man than as a legend. In the
process, he has captured the spirit and character of a vanished age, "the golden
age of piracy.
264 pages
appendixes, bibliography, index.
Softcover,
ISBN 13: 978-0-89587-032-2,ISBN 089587-032-0, $12.95
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