University of South Carolina Press

A Book of Exquisite Disasters, the first book-length poetry collection from Charlene Spearen, is an exploration of a multifaceted identity forged through moments spent as a daughter, sister, woman,...

A Cautious Enthusiasm examines the religious, social, and political interplay between eighteenth-century evangelicalism and the Anglican establishment in the lowcountry South. Samuel C. Smith argues...

Ralph McGill (1898-1969) was the editor in chief of the Atlanta Constitution during the turbulent years of the civil rights movement that followed Brown v. Board of Education, and he became an...

A dramatic eyewitness account of a city under siege during the Civil WarIn the first reissue of these documents since 1865, A City Laid Waste captures in riveting detail the destruction of South...

A Community of Witches explores the beliefs and practices of Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft--generally known to scholars and practitioners as Wicca. While the words "magic," "witchcraft," and "paganism"...

A finalist for the National Book Award in its original edition, this classic American novel from acclaimed Chicago storyteller Harry Mark Petrakis is being brought back into print in conjunction with...

A detailed account of the tactics, strategy, and grassroots galvanization in a pivotal Revolutionary War campaignIn 1779 Sir Henry Clinton and more than eight thousand British troops left the waters...

Meet the coaches, athletes, and notable characters that laid the foundation for today's Gamecock Nation. The summer of 1971 was especially hot in Columbia and not just because of the weather. It was...

A reconstructed history of a complex Jewish community in Arabia at a critical juncture in world historyThe Jewish communities of Arabia had a great influence on the attitudes that Muslims hold toward...

The first veteran's memoir to be published on either side, following the end of the Civil WarJubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) ranked among the most important generals who fought with Robert E. Lee's...

The triumphs and tragedies of a Massachusetts woman struggling to live in rural Louisiana at the time of the Civil WarTryphena Blanche Holder Fox's correspondence with friends and relatives...

A concise and engaging history that traces Greenville's development from backcountry settlement to one of America's best small citiesToday, Greenville, South Carolina, is regularly included on lists...

An analysis of one campaign to illustrate the evolution of the Colonial Army at the Revolution's midpointJoseph R. Fischer reassesses the historical value of the first of the "Indian Wars," a...

A concise analysis of the decay of the merchant marine through the failed policies that have been imposed upon the industryThe Abandoned Ocean offers an in-depth appraisal of United States maritime...

A critical reassessment of the story of Abraham's chosen family and its impact on three faithsIn an inviting style that showcases his literary discernment, theological sophistication, and passion for...

The inspiring story of a community shaped by its African legacyAmelia Wallace Vernon was reared in Mars Bluff, a small farming community in South Carolina's pine belt. Though she moved away from the...

William Albert Sinclair, born a slave in 1858, grew up in South Carolina during the tumultuous years of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Influenced by his childhood experiences, Sinclair spent his...

An unconventional politician's struggle to effect change in spite of overwhelming obstaclesAgainst the Tide tells the intensely personal story of Harriet Keyserling, an unconventional politician...

A germinal case study of the antebellum cotton kingdom as it manifested itself in the Deep SouthFirst published in 1958, John Hebron Moore's Agriculture in Ante-Bellum Mississippi presents a clear...

Illumines a unique fusion of African and Western European religious traditions"Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down" reveals the ways that African Americans have "put flesh on their Christian beliefs,"...

Foreword INDIES 2005 Popular Culture Book of the YearA fresh look at the origins of our iconic immigrant flora and fauna, revealed with wit and reverence for natureAliens live among us. Thousands of...

At the age of nineteen Emily Wharton married Charles Sinkler and moved eight hundred miles from her Philadelphia home to a cotton plantation in an isolated area in the South Carolina Lowcountry. In...

A compendium of profiles, interviews, and reviews published by the South Carolina book review editorArt and Craft presents the hand-picked fruit of Bill Thompson's three decades covering writers and...

A commanding study of the motivational speech of military leaders across the centuriesIn this groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent combat, Keith...

Fitzgerald's short fiction before he wrote the great American novelFor the first time, the short stories F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote before he began work on what would become his great American novel,...

The first scribblings from the author of Gone with the Wind, highlighting her natural talent and curiosity"I want to be famous in some way--a speaker, artist, writer, soldier, fighter, stateswoman,...

Chronicles the identities and importance of civilians to the American Revolutionary War effortBelonging to the Army reveals the identity and importance of the civilians now referred to as camp...

"Belvidere is underwater too deep for any eye but that of memory to reach," begins Anne Sinkler Fishburne reverential recollections of her ancestral home. Located in between Santee River and Eutaw...

The first modern biography of an American Revolutionary War heroIn this definitive biography of one of America's most important but least known Revolutionary War generals, David B. Mattern tells the...

A compendium of Southern witticisms by the Confederacy's most famous humoristFirst published in 1873, Bill Arp's Peace Papers, by Charles Henry Smith (1826-1903), is a collection of writings from...