‘We’ a collection of stories
by Adam Parker of P&C
Evening Post Books publishes “Us: A Journalist’s Eyes on Southern Culture, Conflict and Creativity”, by veteran Post and Courier journalist Adam Parker. The paperback costs $24.95 and is available online at evepostbooks.com and other retailers, such as Amazon.
“We” is a collection of articles Parker has written over the years. They fall into four categories: race and history, religion, profiles and arts – all the beats he covered. The volume includes a foreword by John Simpkins and short section introductions by Reverend Joe Darby, Reverend Bert Keller, Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mark Sloan.
A free book launch event hosted by Buxton Books is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19 at Buxton Books, 160 King St.
Parker will be joined by Hawes and journalist Rickey Dennis to discuss the business of journalism and the various issues and challenges facing journalists. The audience is encouraged to ask tough questions. Registration is requested. Go to buxtonbooks.com.
The discussion will be followed by a reception and a book signing.
Highlights from the new volume
Charleston Cemetery
Patrick Harwood, professor of communication at SC State University, published “Stories from the Underground: The Churchyards of Charleston”. The large-format illustrated book focuses on 13 downtown churches and a synagogue, probing the city’s history as revealed by its religious cemeteries.
“The old but well-kept cemeteries that exist today in the historic district help tell the story of life and death here in the 17th and 19th centuries,” he said.
The denominations considered in the book are Anglican/Episcopal, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Congregationalist, Huguenot (French Protestant), Judaism, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Unitarian. Harwood also examines what happened to the many black cemeteries on the peninsula. And it has a detailed chapter on the newly designated Charleston Cemetery Historic District located in the neck region of the city.
The volume costs $59.95 and is available from Amazon.
A book signing is scheduled from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 6 at the Second Presbyterian Church, 342 Meeting St.
The Charleston Museum
release a birthday book
The Charleston Museum will celebrate its 250th anniversary in January. To mark this milestone, the venerable institution has prepared a new volume entitled “The Charleston Museum: America’s First Museum”, which documents its history and its collections of archaeological artifacts, natural history, archival materials, decorative arts and historic textiles. The book also includes information about the museum’s efforts to preserve historic sites such as the Heyward-Washington House, the Joseph Manigault House, and the Dill Sanctuary, a 580-acre wildlife refuge on nearby James Island.
The illustrated book is published by University of South Carolina Press and is available for $34.99 at museum stores and online at https://www.charlestonmuseum.org/.
Authors and contributors include Carl P. Borick, director of the Charleston Museum; Jennifer McCormick, Head of Collections and Archivist; Martha Zierden, Curator of Historical Archaeology; Matthew Gibson, Curator of Natural History; and Virginia Theerman, Curator of Historic Textiles.
—Staff report
