Tales of Charleston 1930s

By MD Arthur V. Williams

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963862022
• ISBN13: 9780963862020
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: College of Charleston Library
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Inside Glimpse at a Rapidly Disappearing City

Charlestonians are a dying breed. With the influx of people from "off" (i.e. outsiders) moving south in droves, driving up property values, and renovating every bit of authenticity out of the city's historic fabric, books like this are one of the last refuges for someone to understand what it was like when Charleston was an actual community rather than a tourist destination, college town, and open air mall. Here are the names, addresses, personalities and stories of the city during the great depression. With this book in hand it is possible to walk the streets and see them through different eyes. Sadly, though, if you go to Dr. Williams's boyhood home address of 119 Wentworth St., you will see a 1970's apartment building instead of the shabby brick Charleston single house so lovingly described in the book. But look closer. There, sandwiched between the apartments and a cinderblock fence is the magnolia tree he mentions next to Kirkland lane. That tree and this book are our living links to the past.