Myrtle Beach: A History, 1900--1980

by Barbara F. Stokes

Book Overview

How a coastal farming region became an internationally renowned tourist destination

A relatively young city, Myrtle Beach has earned an international reputation as a tourism mecca on the South Carolina coast. Barbara F. Stokes provides the first comprehensive history of the community's quick rise to prominence as she maps the development of the Grand Strand's centerpiece in this account of the historical, economic, climatic, and cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570036977
• ISBN13: 9781570036972
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"