Circling the Savannah
Subtitle: cultural landmarks of the central Savannah River area
By: Tom Mack.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596298323
Subjects: Historic sites -- Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.); Historic buildings -- Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.); Monuments -- Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.); Historic preservation -- Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.); Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.) -- Description and travel; Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.) -- History, Local; Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.) -- Biography; Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.) -- Intellectual life
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Aiken; title: Aiken lays claim to antebellum poet; title: Novel highlights Aiken's role in Civil War; title: Aiken County Museum reveals treasures inside and out; title: Hopeland Gardens linked to racing controversy; title: Aiken monuments memorialize the "Lost Cause"; title: Pickens-Salley House celebrates two great women; title: Aiken boasts masterpiece of religious art; title: Celebrated pianist once called Aiken home; title: Free-spirited writer led transatlantic life; title: Sculpture depicts America's "assistant president"; title: Courthouse mural sparks controversy; title: Meaning of campus sculpture decoded; title: pt. 2.  Augusta; title: Eighteenth-century naturalist explored CSRA; title: Augusta preserves tangible connections to Two Signers; title: Woodrow Wilson boyhood home offers model of restoration; title: Augusta breathes new life into old canal; title: Controversial novels straddle both sides of river; title: Frank Yerby House gets second chance; title: pt. 3. Edgefield; title: Willowbrook Cemetery deserves restoration; title: Enslaved potter left his mark; title: Oakley Park stands as Red Shirt shrine; title: Graves tell stories of two Carolinas; title: pt. 4. And beyond; title: South Carolina native became first national architect; title: Redcliffe Plantation recalls heyday of King Cotton; title: Harlem Museum showcases legendary comedians; title: Park interprets South Carolina's only preserved Civil War battlefield; title: Barnwell's famous sundial marks more than time; title: Artist receives South Carolina's greatest honor; title: Interest in romantic novelist revived; title: Trinity Churchyard serves as state pantheon; title: South Carolina retains ties to Confederate diarist; title: Statehouse monuments offer stories in stone; title: National park commemorates Revolutionary War's longest siege; title: Burt-Stark Mansion recalls rnd of Civil War; title: Abbeville paintings preserve moments of Southern past; title: Antebellum Charleston mansion has Aiken ties.