Category: Aiken

The Thompson Family: Untold Stories of the Past (1830-1960) is the first volume chronicling the family history of an African American family from Salley, South Carolina. Several narratives which include a slave who purchased his freedom, a relative who served as a cook in the Confederate Army, a young relative who was tragically murdered, and a sharecropper who became a prominent soil conservationist. The book is 2019 International African American Historical and Genealogical Society Book Award Winner (Non-Fiction/Genealogy).
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Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis (1918)

By: Davis, Richard Harding

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons : January 1918

Seller ID: 166832

ISBN: B01LW46POW

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Breathings: Tiny Stories for the Thin Places of Your Heart

By: Healy, Marti

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Design Group Press : December 2019

Seller ID: 181898

ISBN-13: 9780985701864

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The Childornot Tales

By: Healy, Marti

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Design Group Press : November 2015

Seller ID: 181903

ISBN-13: 9780985701833

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The God-Dog Connection: Things I've Learned About God and Faith from the Dogs and Cats in My Life

By: Healy, Marti

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group : January 2010

Seller ID: 181905

ISBN-13: 9780979127755

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Readers will be delighted by Healy's 25 true stories of pets, and the connection between her dual passions: animals and God. The parallels Healy draws between animal and human behavior are thought provoking and moving, and will give readers, especially those with strong bonds to their dogs or cats, a new way of picking up the pieces of faith-based wisdom these animals impart, just by being themselves. This slim, attractive book also features photographs of many of Healy's canine and feline friends. Stories that illuminate spiritual truth and speak to people of many different faiths. A devote...
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Connections. The Story of the First Presbyterian Church of Aiken, South Carolina.

By: Lorraine Minton; Donald M. Law.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The R. L. Bryan Co. , : January 1984

Seller ID: 84088

ISBN: B000GS3JIG

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Hidden History of Aiken County

By: Mack, Tom

Price: $19.99

Publisher: The History Press : October 2012

Seller ID: 170417

ISBN-13: 9781609496906

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Situated between the mountains and the coast, Aiken County attracted ailing members of the southern planter class once the railroad from Charleston to Hamburg was completed in 1833. After the Civil War, grand hotels and sporting activities drew wealthy northern capitalists south for the winter here. A third era of prosperity came in the 1950s, when the Cold War prompted the construction of a nuclear reservation. Local author Tom Mack uncovers the lesser-known stories behind the major events that shaped the area's colorful past. Meet inventor James Legare, political insider George Croft and sin...
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