Frank Karpiel

Charleston's Historic Cemeteries (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Life in colonial Charles Towne was dangerous--epidemic diseases, primitive medical practices, and a harsh environment led to the early demise of rich and poor alike.When Charleston's founders moved their settlement across the Ashley River to the peninsula in 1680, they hoped for protection from pirate and Native American attacks, as well as increased trade and healthier living conditions. While they were able to secure more protection for the residents and improve trade, health conditions rapidly declined. The graveyards and public burial grounds quickly filled, and today, Charleston's historic cemeteries are almost as common a sight downtown as the churches that define the city. These tree-shrouded glades invite tourists and residents to explore the resting places of Charleston's most illustrious and interesting personalities. Charleston's Historic Cemeteries offers a guided pictorial tour of the elaborate gravestones and elegant inscriptions dedicated to Charleston's famous and infamous alike, including William Rhett and the pirate Stede Bonnet, Rhett's adversary. With dozens of illustrated stories about the transformation of funerals, tombstones, and mourning customs in America over the past 300 years, this collection details how Charleston became the home of a historically unique, city-wide gallery of mortuary sculpture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439643778
• Artikelnr.: 41486247

Autorenporträt

Images of America: Charleston's Historic Cemeteries offers a selection of the most interesting images and stories from local and national archives and museums, along with a map to guide visitors. Author Frank Karpiel is a historian and educator living in Charleston.