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Anne P. Collins (Compiled by) : A Goodly Heritage: History of Chester County, South Carolina

Collins Publications, Columbia, South Carolina, 1986

ISBN 0934870160

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AX3 - A hardcover book in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease and some tears on the edges, corners and some sides, scattered scratches, rubbing, scuffing, wrinkling, crease, and some stains, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dents, wrinkling on the spine edges, some scattered light stains and scuffing on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. SIGNED and dated by Anne Pickens Collins on the back flap of the dust jacket. INCLUDES the following laid in: *bookmark SIGNED by Anne Collins; *large folded notepad with the following written - previous owner info on the upper part, "Happy New Year!" in the middle, and the author's info on the bottom part - in an envelope with the author's address on the flap; *stapled booklet entitled "A WALKING TOUR of HISTORIC CHESTER, SC"; *stapled booklet entitled "CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM". 9.25"x6.25", 354 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. This book is a compilation of feature articles written by the author and published in area newspapers. Making them into a book was something she would do - maybe - just before dying so she could put everything in there and not ever know whether people did or didn't like it. Everyone dreams of publishing a book. The temptation was too strong to resist - and twilight years were approaching. So, this is a patchwork history of an unexceptional and homogenous Piedmont County with, hopefully, some insight into its beginnings and development. Looking in the mirror of history should lead to a new rapport with ancestors, basic character traits and Chester County's role in Southern History. This book may not be bought and read since there is almost no sex in it, no diets or recipes, no "how to" directions and diagrams. There is nothing about Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson, Imelda Marcos' shoes or Moammar Qadhafi. It is not humorous, except for incidental revelations of ancestors just being themselves - hilarious, quixotic, feisty, stubborn or brave. This book is not up there with those written by Historians Lewis and Louis (Jones and Wright, that is). But there should be some tolerance of the level of professionalism between historians and housewives who take a hot and compulsive pen in hand. It won't be on the best-seller list. But it does have as many chapters as Readers Digest, so there's no reason to get uptight about acceptance or rejection. This history is an attempt to offer Chester Countians the proof that "history has happened to my people in my part of the world," and to fill up space in library bookshelves where there has always been a vacancy under County, Chester.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

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