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Tales of the South Carolina Low Country
South Carolina legends, mysteries, and tales drawn from interviews and folklore.
Once Upon A Time On A Plantation
Set prior to the Civil War, these tales reveal the mysteries, legends, and dangers of plantation life in the Deep South. The stories center on the friendship of two twelve-year-old boys and were inspired by the actual events at South Carolina's grand Hampton Plantation. A daring, mischievous boy, Cart is the son of the plantation owner and is anxious to become a man. His best friend, Will, is the son of slaves and lives in the caretaker's house on the plantation with his family. Together with their puppy and pet deer, the boys set out to explore the plantation. Among their adventures, Cart and Will boldly protect a rice crop from hurricane damage, eagerly learn the mysterious powers of a beetle bracelet, and narrowly escape an alligator's jaws when their boat tips over. In this world of suspense and delight, the boys strengthen their friendship and acquire an understanding of plantation life.
More Tales of the South Carolina Low Country
22 tales from the South Carolina low country.
Edisto Island
Benjamin Bodicott is a gentleman. A man with brilliant blue eyes, flowing hair and a manner of speaking far superior to his peers, Benjamin is as near a Rhett Butler as Edisto Island, South Carolina has ever seen. Whaley, a twenty-two-year-old island native, never thought that she would fall for an aristocrat. But when Benjamin Bodicott steps into her life, everything changes. Whaley, who had been funnelling her passion into music, suddenly finds her attention drawn toward her quickly intensifying romance with Benjamin. Everything is perfect until she receives the devastating phone call that alters her life forever. In a whirlwind sequence of events, Whaleys beloved father is diagnosed with stomach cancer, her prized piano disappears after her fathers death and a secret about Benjamins past emerges, causing her to question everything that she has ever believed. In this tale of romance with a hint of mystery, Nancy Rhyne creates characters as rich in complexity as the beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry that she masterfully describes. In the sea of turmoil that envelops Whaleys life, she must set aside the world that she knows to determine if love really does conquer all
Plantation Tales
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The Jack-O'-Lantern Ghost
After an injury to his father brings high medical bills, eleven-year-old Ben pursues a hidden treasure in the swamp of the South Carolina plantation which his father superintends.
Alice Flagg
A 15-year-old planter's daughter commits the unpardonable social sin of marrying a man beneath her family's social station. But following her sudden death, the people of Murrell�s Inlet, South Carolina, began to see a despondent ghost who haunts the countryside even today.
The South Carolina Lizard Man
Deep in Hell Hole Swamp on the edge of their antebellum farm, young Josh and Matt discover a secret both miraculous and dreadful�the infamous Lizard Man.
Before and After Freedom
In the late 1930s the Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) began an undertaking to document the history and folklore of South Carolina as told by surviving slaves and their descendents. What was produced over the five-and-half-year project was an extensive collection--thousands of written pages--of African American folklore that had been passed down through generations and, until then, had never before been put to paper. Before and After Freedom is a collection of authentic Lowcountry folklore as directly told to the WPA field workers and captured through their written reports. Southern author Nancy Rhyne has assembled a cross section of writing that gives the reader an understanding of the stories and superstitions embraced by generations of former slaves and their families. Along with WPA reports, Rhyne also has added stories from personal interviews and detailed research. From former slaves to Charleston's social elite and the state's first governors, this is a diverse collection of tales, but all of them reveal a character and nature that is true to the South Carolina Lowcountry.
