Ex Libris: George MacDonald
The image of Mom sitting with her back to the door jamb, her…
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The Hiding Place
It is not often that one can close the last pages of a book…
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Illuminating Facts
Most history books have kept us in the dark about who actually invented…
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Ex Libris: Master and Commander
Few places reveal a more concentrated view of human life than a 19th…
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Caroliniana on My Mind
Libraries have changed. Libraries used to be places where a person who walked…
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Ex Libris: Jane Eyre
“Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation:…
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Ex Libris: Mythos
“These days the origin of the universe is explained by proposing a Big…
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Snakes, Mines, and the Viet Cong
One evening in 1966, C.W. Bowman arrived home to find his mother crying…
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
I think most people have an unofficial list of books that “everyone is…
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Prisoner-of-War Camp in Columbia
During World War II, as many as 3,000 German soldiers lived near Trenholm…
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Ex Libris: Strike and Hold
Columbia provided more than her fair share of World War II heroes, but…
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Et Cetera: A South Carolina Moon
A crescent moon and the state of South Carolina go together like shrimp…
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