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Upheaval in Charleston: Earthquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim Crow

Upheaval in Charleston: Earthquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim Crow - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Susan Millar Williams, Stephen G. HoffiusPublish date:2012-09-01Pages:392
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820344218ISBN-10:820344214UPC:9780820344218Book Category:History, NatureBook Subcategory:United States, Natural DisastersBook Topic:State & Local, 19th CenturySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCVPG7R5EB

Upheaval in Charleston: Earthquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim Crow

On August 31, 1886, a massive earthquake centered near Charleston, South Carolina, sent shock waves as far north as Maine, down into Florida, and west to the Mississippi River. When the dust settled, residents of the old port city were devastated by the death and destruction.

Upheaval in Charleston is a gripping account of natural disaster and turbulent social change in a city known as the cradle...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820344218ISBN-10:820344214UPC:9780820344218Book Category:History, NatureBook Subcategory:United States, Natural DisastersBook Topic:State & Local, 19th CenturySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCVPG7R5EB

Susan Millar Williams is the author of "A Devil and a Good Woman, Too: The Lives of Julia Peterkin," winner of the Julia Cherry Spruill Award. She teaches American literature and creative writing at Trident Technical College and lives in McClellanville, south Carolina. Stephen G. Hoffius is the author of "Winners and Losers," a prize-winning novel for young adults, and coeditor of "The Landscape...

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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