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• A Gracious Plenty Details
  Picture book about Kate's great aunt May who was early influence on Kate's life. Set in the 50's th...
  A Gracious Plenty

  Picture book about Kate's great aunt May who was early influence on Kate's life. Set in the 50's the book talks about what Aunt May didn't have (husband, children, etc.), and then talks about what she had (friends and family). Warbranch Press $8.95 Subject: memoir about family close

• The Pink House Details
  A picture book about a family going to the beach in the summer - little cousins, big cousins, aunts ...
  The Pink House

  A picture book about a family going to the beach in the summer - little cousins, big cousins, aunts and uncles and even Grandma. Family enjoys fishing, crabbing, singing songs, reading books, cooking in the kitchen, searching for shark's teeth, playing games and taking outside showers to wash away the sand and tiny seashells. After day of fun family settles into their "pink house beds" and waits for surprises on the beach the next morning. Warbranch Press $9.95 Subject: family stories close

• Palmetto - Symbol of Courage Details
  South Carolina's beautiful state flag's color and symbols (crescent and palmetto tree) all came from...
  Palmetto - Symbol of Courage

  South Carolina's beautiful state flag's color and symbols (crescent and palmetto tree) all came from one Revolutionary War battle on June 28, 1776. On that day patriots in a little fort made of palmetto logs, beach sand and marsh mud defeated a large heavily armed British fleet that wanted to take Charleston for the King of England. When the British ships fired, most of their cannonballs sank harmlessly into the soft spongy palmetto logs, leaving the patriots to carefully aim their few cannons and do much damage to the ships. After the battle, the fort was renamed Fort Moultrie for its Commander William Moultrie. Warbranch Press $10.95 Subject: Revolutionary War picture book for children close

• The Little Chairs Details
  A story about a happy family in which the daddy begins to feel sad. Knowing she nor the children di...
  The Little Chairs

  A story about a happy family in which the daddy begins to feel sad. Knowing she nor the children didn't make him sad, the mama gives the daddy four little chairs to paint. The daddy started the job, and at first didn't feel any better. But, later the colors of paint reminded the daddy of happy times, such as a bicycle, flowers and a boat he once had. After finishing the four chairs with blue, red, yellow and green paint, he was happy enough to rejoin the family for supper. Warbranch Press $7.95 Subject: Picture book about family close

• Francis Marion and the Legend of the Swamp Fox Details
  Francis Marion was a Revolutionary War hero who used guerilla tactics of surprise and hit-and-run to...
  Francis Marion and the Legend of the Swamp Fox

  Francis Marion was a Revolutionary War hero who used guerilla tactics of surprise and hit-and-run to harrass the British and Tory forces in the low country of South Carolina. When a British Commander, Banastre Tarleton, couldn't catch Marion and his brigade after a seven hour chase, he gave Marion the name "Swamp Fox". Marion went on to become the highest ranked militia fighter in South Carolina and helped slow the British Army enough for George Washington to assemble a Continental Army strong enough to effectively challenge the British in Virginia at Yorktown. Warbranch Press $14.95 Subject: Picture book for children about the Revolutionary War close

• Almost Invisible - Black Patriots of the American Revolution Details
  Stories of 25 African American patriots rarely told until now. Included are Oscar Marion, a slave w...
  Almost Invisible - Black Patriots of the American Revolution

  Stories of 25 African American patriots rarely told until now. Included are Oscar Marion, a slave who fought alongside the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion, and James Armistead, a spy for Marquis de Lafayette. In the northern colonies many black - both free and slave, fought for the patriot cause. In the southern colonies, especially in South Carolina and Georgia, few slaves were armed, but blacks made other contributions to the patriot cause. In George Washington's Continental Army over 5,000 African Americans served. Illustrations were done in colored pencil and gouache. Warbranch Press $11.95 Subject: Picture book - Revolutionary War close

• Growing Up Cartoonist in the Baby Boom South Details
  Kate Salley Palmer was the first full-time newspaper staff editorial cartoonist in South Carolina. ...
  Growing Up Cartoonist in the Baby Boom South

  Kate Salley Palmer was the first full-time newspaper staff editorial cartoonist in South Carolina. In the early 80's she was syndicated in over 200 newspapers around the country. In her memoir, Growing Up Cartoonist, Kate chronicles how she grew up in a conservative southern family and became a well-known editorial cartoonist. She also writes in the book about the craft of cartooning and how it's changed over the years. Over half of the book is devoted to a collection of her cartoons, some early and some current. Included also are cartoons and caricatures of Presidents - past and present. Clemson University Digital Press $19.95 Subject: Editorial Cartoonist Memoir close

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