Complete Charleston : A Guide to the Architecture, History & Gardens of Charleston and the Low Country - Softcover

Moore, Margaret H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966014413 ISBN 13: 9780966014419

Publisher: Tm Photography Inc, 2000

Synopsis

"Complete Charleston" has walking tours of eleven historic neighborhoods plus day trips to Savannah, Beaufort, Georgetown, McClellanville, Brookgreen Gardens and the plantations on the Ashley River. The book also includes a restaurant guide for Charleston, the center of New Southern Cuisine. There are over 400 photographs, an index and a bibliography. The book will introduce you to the history, heroes, eccentrics and ghosts that make Charleston what it is today.

About this title

From the Publisher

The Moores live in Charleston and have produced the only guide to all the neighborhoods of the historic districtthe world-class architecture, sub-tropical gardens and history of America's most historic city. Includes maps, walking tours which coordinate with the local shuttle bus, and cafe information. 300 Photographs.

About the Author

Author Margaret Moore and photographer Truman Moore have long been involved with historic preservation. They were founding members of a group that was credited by the New York Times with obtaining landmark status for a historic district in New York. They received the prestigious Phoenix Award from the Society of American Travel Writers. Margaret Moore is a former magazine editor and Truman Moore's photographs have appeared in many national magazines, including Time and Life. The Moores have lived in the historic district in Charleston for eleven years. They are active in civic life, particularly concerned with issues of tourism and architecture in the historic district.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tm Photography Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0966014413
• ISBN 13: 9780966014419
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304