This is the most comprehensive pictorial history of Spartanburg, S.C., ever compiled. With more than 700 photographs and objects, Racine's book is a treasure trove of Spartanburg history. Inside the pages of this new book are the images of world-renowned photographers Dorothea Lange and Jack Delano and local professionals Alfred T. Willis, Harry White and others. There is a gallery of Spartanburg's mighty men and influential women, her colorful characters and earnest faces, her children at play and citizens at work. There are construction projects and demolitions, local triumphs and tragedies, boom years and hard times.
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Philip N. Racine is the author of numerous articles and books on Southern History. He is the William Kenan Professor of History at Wofford College.
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White men who came to the South Carolina backcountry in the early eighteenth century found few Native Americans living in the Spartanburg area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spartanburg County, Seeing Spartanburg, Public Libraries, Morgan Square, Herald-Journal Willis Collection, South Carolina, East Main Street, Herald Journal Willis Collection, Glenn Springs, Camp Croft, Magnolia Street, World War, National Archives, Opera House, Daniel Morgan, United States, African Americans, Camp Wadsworth, College Park, New York, North Church Street, Montgomery Building, Pine Street, Dexter Converse, Farm Security Administration New!
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White men who came to the South Carolina backcountry in the early eighteenth century found few Native Americans living in the Spartanburg area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spartanburg County, Seeing Spartanburg, Public Libraries, Morgan Square, Herald-Journal Willis Collection, South Carolina, East Main Street, Herald Journal Willis Collection, Glenn Springs, Camp Croft, Magnolia Street, World War, National Archives, Opera House, Daniel Morgan, United States, African Americans, Camp Wadsworth, College Park, New York, North Church Street, Montgomery Building, Pine Street, Dexter Converse, Farm Security Administration New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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