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