Though the machines and technology have changed drastically over the past century, the themes of sacrifice, loyalty, and heroism have been felt by countless generations of American soldiers. While today's armed forces depend on the accuracy of satellites and "smartbombs," the American soldier of the early twentieth century fought under much different circumstances--an era dominated by machine guns, massive artillery, gas masks, biplanes, and trench warfare. Our nation's families, at that time, were full of patriotic pride and were more than willing to give their sons in the fight for democracy. Lancaster County, a rural community in the Palmetto State's Upcountry, was proud to count many of its men as the first volunteers in our country's call to arms. In Lancaster County and the Great War, you will listen to the compelling stories of many of the county's veterans of World War I, from their trials of admission and boot camp to the nightmarish scenes in the barbed-wire-lined, bullet-ridden trenches to the victory celebrations they experienced in foreign landscapes and back at home. Complemented with period photographs, local county newspaper headlines, and wartime posters, these personal histories truly share a unique experience in South Carolina's and our country's past. As you read through these pages, you will feel as if you have been handed a government-issue rifle, journeyed across the East Coast to various training camps, felt the incredible fear and anxiety of battle, and paraded down Lancaster's streets to the ovation of joyous crowds.

Lancaster County and The Great War (SC) (Voices of America)

History

Griffin, John Chandler

Americas

Arcadia Publishing

The cold-blooded execution of President John F. Kennedy remains the most intriguing mystery of the 20th century. This fascinating book methodically examines the various organizations and numerous individuals who had the motive, the opportunity and the means of carrying out such an incredible crime exonerating, in theory, the alleged lone assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald.

Did Lyndon Baines Johnson Arrange the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy?: A Case for the Prosecution

Edwin Mellen Pr

Biography of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967 (Studies in American Literature)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

The encyclopedia of Gamecock football, 1892-1994

Reference

Palmetto Press

The First Hundred Years: A History of South Carolina Football

Sports & Outdoors

Football (American)

Longstreet Pr

As their fans try to drown each other out with cries of "Rrrrroll Tide!" and "Warrrrr Eagle!", two of college football's toughest, winningest teams, Alabama and Auburn, battle it out in the annual Iron Bowl, a tradition dating back to the 1892 - 1893 season. In his Alabama vs. Auburn: Gridiron Grudge since 1893, John Chandler Griffin gives us the first complete, illustrated history of this yearly battle between the SEC powerhouses complete with a year- by-year discussion, over 1,000 photographs, and definitive lists of team lettermen and annual schedules. Griffin discusses the 41- year hiatus in the contest (1907 - 1948) caused by a squabble over finances and game officials and ended only by special resolution of the Alabama House of Representatives and a meeting of the college presidents. Griffin presents a colorful roster of the cross-state rivalry's most memorable players and coaches--from the earliest meetings of the pigskin-helmeted Plainsmen and members of the Thin Red Line at Birmingham's Lakeview Park and Legion Field, to Auburn's successes under John Heisman (Auburn is the only Heisman-coached team to later boast a Heisman Trophy winner) and Alabama's under Paul "Bear" Bryant (where he compiled a 232-46-9 record in 25 years), to NFL-tested players such as Don "Alabama Antelope" Hutson, Joe Namath, Derrick Thomas, and Shaun Alexander from Bama and Pat Sullivan, Mike Kolen, Vincent "Bo" Jackson, and Takeo Spikes from Auburn. Alabama vs. Auburn gives a 50-yard seat to the most fabled games between these eternal arch rivals including the 1972 so-called "Punt, Bama, Punt" game and the Crimson Tide's nine-year stretch against the Tigers. Incredibly, the teams have never had losing records in the same season and, since 1956, at least one of the two have been ranked in the final AP poll. Whether your heart pounds at the sight of the Tiger Walk or at the strains of the Million-Dollar Band you will fin Alabam vs. Auburn as satisfying as a tailgate picnic and as thrilling as 50-yard line seats.

Alabama vs. Auburn: Gridiron Grudge Since 1893

Hill Street Pr

The idea for this book is so simple and obvious, its surprising that it has never been done before. Author John Griffin read Thomas Wolfe's classic, Look Homeward, Angel in college and promptly fell in love with the fictionalized Gant family. An obsession turned into a labor of love as he tracked down photos of Wolfe's real family for the better part of twenty years. The result is this beautiful book brimming with photos of Wolfe's exuberant siblings, parents, and acquaintances with accompanying passages from the novel. Griffin theorized that Wolfe may have been inspired in his writing by his own family's photo album. Wolfe's own brother Fred, confirmed this -- "As soon as Tom returned to America he came home to get the old family photo album to jog his memory of things that had happened when he was growing up. Some of the photos are described perfectly in Angel."

Memories of Thomas Wolfe: A Pictorial Companion to Look Homeward, Angel

Summerhouse Pr

It was Thursday, November 12, 1896, during State Fair week, when spectators were introduced to the latest in entertainment -- a college football match. This historic match would feature Tigers from Clemson Agricultural College versus the Jaguars from South Carolina College. The game was played on the infield of the horse race track. Admission was twenty-five cents. Some 2,000 fans packed the grandstand, waving banners, beating drums, and sporting their school colors. The State newspaper later reported, "the din from the students' yells and horns sounded as if the inmates from an insane asylum had broken loose." All in all it was a grand beginning for what would become an integral part of the history of South Carolina, as well as one of the finest rivalries in the nation, one that continues to this day.

Carolina Vs. Clemson: A Century of Unparalleled Rivalry in College Football

Miscellaneous

Moments of Glory: Interviews With South Carolina's Greatest Sports Legends

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

It has been said that football is the secular religion of the South. If so, then the gridiron grudge between the football teams of the University of Georgia and the Georgia Insitute of Technology is nothing less than the Genesis Myth. John Chandler Griffin, one of the nations foremost writers of sports histories, gives us a play-by-play in the annual brawl between these two southern powerhouses in his definitive GEORGIA VS. GEORGIA TECH: GRIDIRON GRUDGE SINCE 1893. PUBLISHER: Hill Street Press

Georgia vs. Georgia Tech: Gridiron Grudge Since 1893

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