Charleston: Yesterday & Today

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ISBN-10:

1412711916

ISBN-13:

9781412711913

Released: Feb 16, 2010
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
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Description:

Charleston: Yesterday & Today is an eye-popping tribute to one of America s most charming and historic cities. In 192 pages of spectacular imagery and fascinating stories, it celebrates the grace, culture, and tradition of Charleston, a grand and enduring city that embodies the historic American South.
Explore the cobblestone streets, antebellum mansions, intricate ironwork ornamentation, and modern-day bustle of the Holy City in a gorgeous pictorial journey. In Charleston: Yesterday & Today, you'll discover the natural beauty and captivating story of Charleston, South Carolina, including:
The French Quarter, with its swinging shingles and fleur-de-lis street signs, home of the historic Old Slave Mart, Dock Street Theatre, and America s only French Huguenot Church
Fort Sumter and cannon at the Battery, prominent in Charleston Harbor
The Citadel, South Carolina s famed military academy
Rainbow Row, a block of colonial houses that dazzle in a spectrum of pastel hues; and South Battery Street, a row of elegant and historic mansions
Plantation Gardens s Magnolia Plantation, Middleton Place, and Drayton Hall
Rare and nostalgic photos chronicle Charleston s history, mixing with lovely modern-day imagery and tales of the people, the architecture, the neighborhoods, and the soul of Charleston. Charleston: Yesterday & Today is an unparalleled presentation of Charleston as you have never seen it before.












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