Wicked Edisto
Subtitle: the dark side of Eden
By: Alexia Jones Helsley
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781626192348
Subjects: Anecdotes; History; Social conditions; Moral conditions; Slavery; Death; Crime; Violence; Corruption; Biography
Description: "Explore the sordid side of Edisto Island history"--

"Salacious stories from Edisto's dark side"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Island Paradise : Historical Overview; title: Killers and Marauders : "Trouble in Paradise"; title: Friends and Foes; title: Cat among the Pigeons; title: Slings and Arrows; title: Watchful Waiting; title: Blood on the Sand; title: Crime and Punishment; title: The Wandering Wanderer; title: Dark Days; title: Corpus Delicti; title: "Uncivil" Civil War; title: Perils of Freedom; title: Death and Mystery; title: Jinxed; title: Price of Petulance; title: Unusual and Unexplained Deaths; title: Scandals and Schemes; title: Epilogue: "Ripples and Waves"; title: About the Author.