Hub City’s history titles tell the Upstate’s cultural, social and economic stories, from early settlement through war, Industrial Revolution, and development of an urban center.
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Wofford
More than 400 historic and contemporary photographs illustrate this
in-depth coffee-table volume-the first comprehensive history of Wofford
College since David Duncan Wallace's history more than 50 years ago.
Capturing six generations of college history, Wofford: Shining with
Untarnished Honor, 1854-2004, has 250 colorful pages chock-full of
stories, personalities, memories, lists, and sports.
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When the Soldiers Came to Town
During World War I and World War II, more than 350,000 men on their way
to battlefields abroad came to Spartanburg to learn to be soldiers at
the training camps of Wadsworth and Croft. The story of how wartime
preparation changed them, and how they in turn changed Spartanburg, is
the focus of Hub City’s When the Soldiers Came to Town, a lively,
illustrated history edited by Susan Turpin, Carolyn Creal, Ron Crawley,
and James Crocker of the Spartanburg County Historical Association.
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Magical Places
From the touring shows that played the Spartanburg Opera House and
Harris Theatre in the early decades of the 20th century to the
marquee-lit motion picture palaces of the World War II era, author
Marion Peter Holt tells a moving story of a Southern community's
romance with traveling performers and Hollywood actors and actresses.
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Literary South Carolina
Literary South Carolina is a wide-ranging history and reference book
that encompasses the lives and works of more than three hundred
Palmetto State writers. From William Gilmore Simms to Julia Peterkin,
from DuBose Heyward to Benjamin Brawley, from Pat Conroy and James
Dickey to Percival Everett and Josephine Humphreys, this extraordinary
illustrated volume by Edwin C. Epps presents three centuries of
literary achievement in South Carolina.
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