Planters, Pirates, and Patriots - Gragg, Rod
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Praise for PLANTERS, PIRATES, AND PATRIOTS "An enthralling and engrossing history with the pace and vividness of a good novel." --Dr. Charles Joyner, author Down by the Riverside "A popularly written glimpse of history along the Grand Strand...eminently readable and varied." --The State (Columbia, South Carolina) "Gragg's historical vignettes of South Carolina's Grand Strand have the resonance of real life. Truth is stranger than fiction; it's also more entertaining." --The Charlotte Observer Myrtle Beach is the center of a fifty-five-mile stretch of South Carolina known as the Grand Strand.…mehr

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Praise for PLANTERS, PIRATES, AND PATRIOTS "An enthralling and engrossing history with the pace and vividness of a good novel." --Dr. Charles Joyner, author Down by the Riverside "A popularly written glimpse of history along the Grand Strand...eminently readable and varied." --The State (Columbia, South Carolina) "Gragg's historical vignettes of South Carolina's Grand Strand have the resonance of real life. Truth is stranger than fiction; it's also more entertaining." --The Charlotte Observer Myrtle Beach is the center of a fifty-five-mile stretch of South Carolina known as the Grand Strand. Few regions in the nation can boast of a richer, more colorful history. Founding fathers, swaggering pirates, Revolutionary War heroes, bright and beautiful women, wealthy rice planters, determined settlers, all played a part in the remarkable history of this hugely popular southern resort. Planters, Pirates, and Patriots introduces the reader to this uniquely American region through fifteen unforgettable stories about fascinating figures from the past and sweeps across the history of the South Carolina Grand Strand.
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Rod Gragg is the author of numerous works of history, including George Washington: An Interactive Biography; Robert E. Lee: Character and Valor; and Planters, Pirates, and Patriots: Historical Tales from the South Carolina Grand Strand. His books have won the James I. Robertson Award, the Douglas Southall Freeman Award, the Jefferson Davis Medal, and the Fletcher Pratt Award and have been selected for the Book-of-the-Month Club(R), the History Book Club, and the Military History Book Club. A native of Conway, South Carolina, he earned his BA in journalism and MA in American history from the University of South Carolina. He and his family live on the South Carolina Grand Strand.