A Short History of Charleston by Robert N. Rosen - Charleston, SC
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N 32° 46.820 W 079° 55.569
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Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area.
Waymark Code: WM1889F
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2023
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The book: A Short History of Charleston by Robert N. Rosen, May 7, 2021.
From Amazon: "A Short History of Charleston, a lively chronicle of the South's most renowned and charming city, has been hailed by critics, historians, and especially Charlestonians as authoritative, witty, and entertaining. Beginning with the founding of colonial Charles Town and ending three hundred and fifty years later in the present day, Robert Rosen's fast-paced narrative takes the reader on a journey through the city's complicated history as a port to English settlers, a bloodstained battlefield, and a picturesque vacation mecca. Packed with anecdotes and enlivened by passages from diaries and letters, A Short History of Charleston recounts in vivid detail the port city's development from an outpost of the British Empire to a bustling, modern city.
This revised and expanded edition includes a new final chapter on the decades since Joseph Riley was first elected mayor in 1975 through its rapid development in geographic size, population, and cultural importance. Rosen contemplates both the city's triumphs and its challenges, allowing readers to consider how Charleston's past has shaped its present and will continue to shape its future." (
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The photos show the U.S. Custom House (1852), Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River, St. John's Reformed Episcopal Church (in a building from 1850), and the Marion Square fountain (ca. 1900). Coordinates are from the Custom House.