
By Douglas W. Bostick
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A Brief History of James Island: Jewel of the Sea Islands
During this attractive quantity, neighborhood historian Douglas Bostick unearths the unacknowledged heritage of the second one group in South Carolina, settled in 1671. no matter if investigating prehistoric clues approximately local American existence ahead of ecu payment, detailing the heritage of agriculture and the reign of King Cotton, following armies from a number of wars or chronicling the triumph of equality at the vegetables of Charleston's Municipal golfing direction, Bostick tells the tale of James Island as just a local son can.
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