Charleston Come Hell or High Water: A History in Photographs

By Alice F. Levkoff and Robert N.S. Whitelaw

Book Overview

From Wikipedia: Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded.[2] The city's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0961966505
• ISBN13: 9780961966508
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Alice F. Levkoff
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful photographs and insightful captioning of history!

Intending just to thumb through the book, I found I could not put it down. Having just returned from a vacation to Myrtle Beach (and visiting Charleston and Ft. Sumter), I was pleasantly surprised to recognize so many of the structures in the photographs. In addition, the captions were entertaining and provided a further glimpse into the lives of those in the photographs. Pictures included people, structures and scenes from all walks of life--high society and economically disadvantaged. Pre-civil war daguerrotypes start off this photographic history book. I wish I had taken this book with me to visit Charleston!

An excellent way to see Charleston, through pictures

An exciting way to visit the City of Charleston. A city that has survived five major fires, earthquakes, tornadors, cyclones, hurricanes and the 587 day siege of Charleston. Pictures show this proud old lady's struggle to survive during the last 140 years. Wonderful text by Alice Levkoff gives amazing accounts of what was and is Charleston. A pictorial history that shows Charleston is not a sleepy old Southern city.