Storied & Scandalous 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 Storied & Scandalous Charleston write by Leigh Jones Handal. This book was released on 2022-08-01. Storied & Scandalous Charleston available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Quaker William Penn once described "Charles Town" as “a hotbed of piracy,” full of wayward women “who frequented a tap room on The Bay and infected a goodly number of the militia with the pox.” Since the Carolina Colony was founded and named for Charles II, the Merry Monarch, it’s no surprise that Charlestonians have always had a flair for flouting the rules. In the 18th century, Bostonian Josiah Quincy complained that Charlestonians, “are devoted to debauchery and probably carry it to a greater length than any other people.” In Storied & Scandalous Charleston, storyteller Leigh Jones Handal weaves tales of piracy, rebellion, ancient codes of honor, and first-hand accounts of the madness that ensued as the city fell first to the British in 1780 and then to the Union in 1865. Meet some of the foremost female criminals of the day—lady pirate Anne Bonny and highwaywoman Livinia Fisher. And learn how centuries of war, natural disasters, bankruptcy, and chaos shaped modern Charleston and the Carolina Low Country.
Charleston and Other Stories
Charleston and Other Stories - 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 Charleston and Other Stories write by José Donoso. This book was released on 1971. Charleston and Other Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Six Miles to Charleston
Six Miles 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 Six Miles to Charleston write by Bruce Orr. This book was released on 2016-09-12. Six Miles to Charleston available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The shocking true story of America’s first female serial killer, half of a husband and wife team who terrorized Charleston, SC, in the early 19th century. On February 18th, 1820, John and Lavinia Fisher were executed in front of some two thousand South Carolinians. To this day, legends of the husband-and-wife serial killers range from the fearsome to the fantastical—and many swear they have encountered Lavinia’s ghost haunting the Old Charleston Jail House. But in Six Miles to Charleston, local historian and former homicide investigator Bruce Orr uncovers their horrifying true story. When a young man outwitted John and Lavinia in 1819, he escaped death and went straight to the authorities. Orr recounts the investigation from the initial police raid on the murderous couple’s Six Mile Inn—with its reportedly grisly cellar—to their capture, incarceration and dramatic last moments of life. But as Orr reveals, there still may be more sinister deeds left unpunished. An overzealous sheriff, corrupt officials and documents only recently discovered all suggest that there is more to the tale.
Wicked Charleston
Wicked 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 Wicked Charleston write by Mark R. Jones. This book was released on 2005-11-14. Wicked Charleston available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Wicked Charleston: The Dark Side of the Holy City, by local resident and tour guide Mark R. Jones, explores the dark alleys and seedy characters not often associated with the Charleston of today. A beautiful Southern city distinguished by its opulent homes, towering church steeples and hospitality, Charleston, South Carolina, has long been associated with the genteel side of Southern living. However, beyond the outward appearances that most people associate with Charleston, there is another side that most visitors and residents would dare not believe is part of the very fabric from which the city's history was woven. From the sexual escapades of an original Lord Proprietor and the comings and goings of the most notorious pirates, to secret brothels and nightclubs, Jones leads the reader back to a time when "drinking, eating and whoring with more than fifty wenches" was perhaps more common in the Holy City than one may imagine.
Charleston & Other Stories
Charleston & Other Stories - 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 Charleston & Other Stories write by José Donoso. This book was released on 1977. Charleston & Other Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
