Charleston Icons celebrates the Holy City through full-color photographs and evocative essays highlighting fifty of the best places, foods, buildings, institutions, and inventions that Charleston has to offer.
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Charleston is a cocoon of gentility surrounded by a sensuous landscape of verdant tea olives, majestic magnolias, and undulating coastal dunes. Prized for its well-preserved architecture and savored for its antiquated charm, this great city bustles with the vigor of artists, chefs, and visionaries. Charleston Icons illustrates the quintessential places, events, and items that make Charleston so fascinating.
Profiled here are fifty classic symbols of this extraordinary city, revealing little-known facts, longtime secrets, and historical legends. From seersucker suits to sweetgrass baskets, discover the inside story about the very things that give this city its character.
Did you know that Porgy and Bess was a groundbreaking folk opera set in Charleston that made its debut in 1935 with a cast comprised entirely of African Amercan actors? Or that the joggling board, a rocking chair–bench hybrid created in the 1830s as a therapy for rheumatism, quickly became a fashionable local piazza adornment? Or that the Charleston Tea Plantation is the only farm of its kind in North America?
For natives and newcomers alike, Charleston Icons is a treasured keepsake of this charming city.
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The Best of Charleston
What makes Charleston, Charleston? With this entertaining collection of photos, anecdotes, and little-known facts, find out the story behind fifty of the Holy City’s best-known and beloved icons:
The Four Corners of Law
She Crab Soup
The Joggling Board
Oyster Roast
Sweetgrass Baskets
Historic Homes and Gardens
and Much More
Native Charlestonians and first-time visitors alike will cherish this timeless celebration of Charleston’s incomparable spirit.
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This is a delightful book with exquisite photographs that offer the reader an intimate, introspective view of Charleston. Cleverly selected icons, all very apropos, that speak to Charleston and the wonderful character of this fascinating city. This book is a must read before visiting Charleston as it enlightens the reader to the visual feast and "don't miss" details that await them.
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My daughter wanted this book when we were on vacation. With little room left in our baggage I convinced her to wait until we returned home.
6 months later, she received the book for her birthday and she loves it! She's 17 and has enjoyed sharing memories of our trip with her friends and other family members. We even tried one of the recipes and had a wonderful meal.
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If you like Charleston you'll love this book.
I live here and have bought several copies for gifts.
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