South Carolina
A History, Volumes 1 & 2
Read by Walter Edgar
“Walter Edgar has given us a magisterial book. Authoritative, informed, clearly
written, this is the history of South Carolina for this generation. Scholars will be
impressed, and all South Carolinians should be thankful for it. Professor Edgar now
wears the mantle of ‘historian-laureate’ of South Carolina.”—William J. Cooper Jr.,
past president, Southern Historical Association
In this two-volume, thirty CD set, South Carolina’s leading historian Walter Edgar
presents a sweeping narrative of a state with an illustrious, sometimes infamous,
past. He describes in very human terms 475 years of recorded history in the
Palmetto State, including the experiences of all South Carolinians—rich and poor,
male and female, those with roots in Africa and in Europe as well as Native Americans. In an eminently readable presentation, Edgar uses letters, diaries, and other
writings to let voices from the past take part in telling the state’s fascinating story.
Volume 1 (discs 1 to 15) spans from prehistory to the antebellum era. Volume 2
(discs 16 to 30) explores the Civil War period to the present day. The audio edition
of South Carolina: A History is a project of South Carolina Educational Communications, South Carolina Educational Radio, and the University of South Carolina Press.
Walter Edgar’s recordings were made possible by grants from the Stringer Foundation and the Callie and John Rainey Foundation.
Walter Edgar is the Claude Henry Neuffer
Professor of Southern Studies, George
Washington Distinguished Professor of
History, and director of the Institute for
Southern Studies at the University of South
Carolina. His numerous works on the Palmetto State include the highly acclaimed
print edition of South Carolina: A History as
well as South Carolina in the Modern Age
and The South Carolina Encyclopedia.
Volume 1: 15 discs | Volume 2: 15 discs
Distributed for South Carolina Educational Communication Inc.
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