A Gullah Guide to Charleston - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Gullah Guide to Charleston write by Alphonso Brown. This book was released on 2008-05-09. A Gullah Guide to Charleston available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An expert in Gullah culture introduces the rich history of black Charlestonians through a series of local walking tours plus a sightseeing drive. The Gullah people of the Lowcountry South are famous for their cuisine, Creole language, and exquisite crafts—yet there is so much more to this unique culture than most people realize. Alphonso Brown, the owner and operator of Gullah Tours, Inc., guides readers through the history and lore of this storied people in A Gullah Guide to Charlestown. With this volume guiding the way, you can visit Denmark Vesey's home, Catfish Row, the Old Slave Mart and the Market; learn about the sweetgrass basket makers, the Aiken-Rhett House slave quarters, black slave owners and blacksmith Philip Simmons. Brown's distinctive narration, combined with detailed maps and vibrant descriptions in native Gullah, make this an authentic and enjoyable way to experience the Holy City.
A Guide to Gullah Charleston
A Guide to Gullah Charleston - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Guide to Gullah Charleston write by Alphonso Brown. This book was released on 1993. A Guide to Gullah Charleston available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Gullah Cuisine
Gullah Cuisine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gullah Cuisine write by Charlotte Jenkins. This book was released on 2010. Gullah Cuisine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Take a journey into Chef Charlotte Jenkins' creative kitchen, and also into her life. Charlotte and her husband Frank grew up Gullah at a time when the Old Ways were giving way to the New Ways, part of the generation that bridged those two worlds. Charlotte learned to cook the way her mama, her grandmamma and all the mamas that have come before her - by working alongside one another. She also trained at Johnson & Wales Culinary Institute in Charleston, where she adapted the traditional recipes to be more healthful. In1997, she and her husband Frank opened Gullah Cuisine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and were widely acknowledged as offering the best of authentic Gullah cooking. This book brings Charlotte's wonderful recipes to you - and more than that. It's a tale of connection, sharing a world the Gullah built. Narrative is by critically-acclaimed author William P. Baldwin, photographs by Pulitzer Prize-nominee Mic Smith, and art by beloved Gullah painter Jonathan Green.
The Little Gullah Geechee Book
The Little Gullah Geechee Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Little Gullah Geechee Book write by Jessica Berry. This book was released on 2020-02-25. The Little Gullah Geechee Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There is a hidden treasure on the tongues of Low-country natives. The melodic rhythm of the Gullah Geechee language still rings strong from the South Carolina inland regions to the Sea Island coasts. Whether you are a tourist traveling through the low-country corridor, a come ya who has made the low-country your new home, or a been ya who was born and raised under the moss of the beautiful oak trees, there is always something to learn about Gullah Geechee. This pocket-guide to the Gullah Geechee history, culture, and language will give you a brief introduction to a United States gem.
The Doctor to the Dead
The Doctor to the Dead - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Doctor to the Dead write by John Bennett. This book was released on 2020-08-21. The Doctor to the Dead available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of fantastical and macabre Gullah-inspired folklore that illuminates African-American life in nineteenth-century South Carolina. You ask for a story. I will tell you one, fact for fact and true for true. . . . So begins “Crook-Neck Dick,” one of twenty-three stories in this beguiling collection of Charleston lore. John Bennett’s interpretations of the legends shared with him by African-descended Charlestonians have entertained generations. Among them are tales of ghosts, conjuring, superhuman feats, and supernatural powers; accounts of ingenuity, humor, terror, mystery, and solidarity will enchant folklorists, students of Charleston history, and all those who love a good ghost story. Julia Eichelberger, the Marybelle Higgins Howe Professor of Southern Literature and an executive board member of the Center for Study of Slavery at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, provides an introduction. “A collection of folk story, myth, drolleries, macabre unreason . . . old tales of death, mystery, bizarre incredibilities, diabolic influence, demanding ghosts, buried treasure, enchantments, miracles, visitations, and the dead that are not dead.” —Kirkus Reviews
