Charleston Then and Now

Leigh Jones Handal, a local author and city tour guide, has released a new book on Charleston, South Carolina, featuring vintage photos matched with modern viewpoints to showcase the city's 19th-century charm. The book includes images of Fort Sumter, plantation houses, churches, and historic mansions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 09 May 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Following her success with Lost Charleston, local author and city tour guide Leigh Jones Handal brings a fresh approach to one of the key titles in Pavilion Books' trademark series.

Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the most popular East Coast tourist destinations. The flashpoint of the Civil War, what remains of Fort Sumter in Charleston is still a much-visited attraction, and despite bombardment by the Federal Navy, earthquakes, and many hurricanes, the South Carolina city has retained its 19th-century charm.

City guide Leigh Jones Handal tells the story of the Charleston she loves through archive photos matched with their modern viewpoint, including the Jenkins Orphanage, whose band were the likely originators of the Charleston dance. There are vintage photos of the great plantation houses, plus the grand buildings on Meeting Street, and the soaring spires of Charleston's many churches.

Downtown, many of the classic mansions, such as the Miles Brewton House, have been retained, along with the Market Hall and the Customs House, and though the trolleys no longer run along Broad Street, it is still recognizable from a century before.

Leigh Jones Handal has uncovered a treasury of vintage images which have been matched with modern photos to show new aspects of this enduringly fascinating city.

Weight: 940g
Dimension: 250 x 288 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781911663454