Beautiful Places: The Timeless Beauty of South Carolina State Parks [Hardcover]

Chad Prosser (Author), jon o. holloway (Photographer), Cal Harrison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2009

Each year, South Carolina's forty-seven state parks draw nearly eight million visitors who come to enjoy the unadulterated beauty of the land and its wildlife. Beautiful Places, released by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism, is a vibrant photographic history of these sanctuaries.

The product of decades of arduous work on the part of legislators, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and committed citizens, the parks preserve the diverse natural features of South Carolina--from its mountains to its forest canopies to its gentle, sprawling beaches. The striking eye of photographer jon o. holloway lends each image a unique, distinctly American beauty.

The book also includes information on the deep history of the parks and the stories of the people who made them what they are today. Beautiful Places is a tribute to those legacies and a joyful celebration of history and nature.

Author: Chad Prosser
Photography: jon o. holloway
Parks history by Cal Harrison

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About the Author

Chad Prosser is an entrepreneur in the real estate and hospitality industry with broad-ranging public service experience. In February 2003, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford appointed Prosser to a cabinet-level post as the Director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism.

From his base in Greenwood, South Carolina, jon o. holloway's professional career has allowed him to travel the globe, creating photographic exhibits on India, South Africa, and Cuba. His work has been nationally and internationally exhibited, and collected by private and corporate clients, museums, and galleries. Some of his publications include National Geographic, America 24/7, South Carolina 24/7, Daybreak 2000, and the Palmetto Portrait Project, as well as a wide variety of national ad campaigns. holloway currently resides in Hodges, South Carolina, and teaches photography at Lander University.

Cal Harrison, who caught his first glimpse of the state parks from the backseat of his family's Oldsmobile, has been writing about South Carolina for more than two decades. For this project, he spent nearly two years searching archives and traversing the parks by foot, canoe, and even golf cart. A former newspaper writer, editor, and adjunct professor, Harrison is a managing editor at Computer Sciences Corp. He has received numerous writing awards from the SC Press Association, SC Wildlife Federation, SC Agricultural Council, and the Columbia Ad Club. He lives in Ridgeway, South Carolina.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 140 pages
• Publisher: South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (September 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979875803
• ISBN-13: 978-0979875809
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 10.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,214,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I was looking for, October 18, 2010

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This review is from: Beautiful Places: The Timeless Beauty of South Carolina State Parks (Hardcover)

My fiance and I are using this book as the Guest Book for our upcoming wedding. We are both from South Carolina. This book is perfect because there is a lot of white space around the photographs (room for our guests to sign). It is the perfect coffee table book, and I'm sure will be left out for years to come. The title describes the content of the book perfectly; this book is only images from South Carolina State Parks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gorgeous book, February 8, 2010

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This is a beautifully written and a gorgeously illustrated book. Informative and a great "coffee table" book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing at all special, October 21, 2010

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The pictures are nice but if you are looking for an overall South Carolina view of things don't buy this. Pictures are pretty generic and frankly most of them could be taken any where. Close up shots of flowers, sun/tree reflections on water, woods pictures. As I said nice pictures but nothing unique from other flower/bird/tree/water picture books.