Charleston: Yesterday & Today

Charleston: Yesterday & Today by West Side Publishing. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781412711913.

Charleston: Yesterday & Today is an eye-popping tribute to one of America s most charming and historic cities. In 192 pages of spectacular imagery and fascinating stories, it celebrates the grace, culture, and tradition of Charleston, a grand and enduring city that embodies the historic American South. Explore the cobblestone streets, antebellum mansions, intricate ironwork ornamentation, and modern-day bustle of the Holy City in a gorgeous pictorial journey. In Charleston: Yesterday & Today, youll discover the natural beauty and captivating story of Charleston, South Carolina, including: The French Quarter, with its swinging shingles and fleur-de-lis street signs, home of the historic Old Slave Mart, Dock Street Theatre, and America s only French Huguenot Church Fort Sumter and cannon at the Battery, prominent in Charleston Harbor The Citadel, South Carolina s famed military academy Rainbow Row, a block of colonial houses that dazzle in a spectrum of pastel hues; and South Battery Street, a row of elegant and historic mansions Plantation Gardens s Magnolia Plantation, Middleton Place, and Drayton Hall Rare and nostalgic photos chronicle Charleston s history, mixing with lovely modern-day imagery and tales of the people, the architecture, the neighborhoods, and the soul of Charleston. Charleston: Yesterday & Today is an unparalleled presentation of Charleston as you have never seen it before.