In 1851 in South Carolina, Miles, a twelve-year-old slave, is sent to a "breaking ground" to have his spirit broken but endures the experience by secretly taking reading lessons from another slave.
the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind
Ripley, Alexandra
1991
"Scarlett" brings us back to Tara and the people we remember from "Gone with the Wind" - Rhett, Ashley, Mammy, Suellen, Aunt Pittypat and Scarlett. We meet fascinating new men and women who enrich the story. What happens to Ashley now that Melanie is gone? Does Scarlett fina a way to get Rhett back? Where do the upcoming years take them?.
Presents an historical novel that centers around William Tecumseh Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas and those he encounters along the way which include a freed slave girl named Pearl; a Union regimental surgeon, Colonel Sartorius; Emily Thompson, the daughter of a Southern judge; and two misfit soldiers.
The language-loving inhabitants of a South Carolina island interpret the falling of the letter "Z" from a beloved monument as a divine warning not to use the letter any longer. But catastrophe is imminent when the other letters in the monument--which contains the entire alphabet--begin falling one by one.
An illustrated introduction to South Carolina that covers the geography, climate, weather, plants, animals, history, people, cities, transportation, natural resources, industry, sports, and entertainment of the state.
Based upon the true story of Robert Smalls, a slave who kidnapped a Confederate ship and its weaponry and delivered it to the Union along with several runaway slaves.
Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports and arts, and people of the state of South Carolina.
