 Greenville, SC. John Dantzler, author of Hiking South Carolina, and Piper Aheron share jokes with The Open Book's owner Duff Bruce. Bruce (no hat) is a past president of the Southeast Booksellers Association. Bruce's ancestors established Hagood Grist Mills as described in Piper's book Images of America: Pickens County, SC. |
WorksImages of America: Greenville, SC
For people of all ages, this book makes a great study companion for Dorthy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina and Benny Lee Sinclair’s The Lynching. It includes info about baseball legend "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, activist Jesse Jackson and scientist Albert Einstein. Images of America: Oconee, SC
If you’ve read Ron Rash’s novel One Foot In Eden (Henry Holt) or James Dickey’s classic Deliverance, then you’ll probably enjoy the true story about Oconee County’s development from 1868 to 1968 Images of America: Gastonia and Gaston County, NC
If you’ve read the novel Congregation of the Dead by Belmont resident Max Childers, then check out this compilation that includes the history of Christmas Town USA (McAdenville) and the Catawba/South Fork rivers. |
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