| Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013 Contributor(s): Porwoll, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1490818189 ISBN-13: 9781490818184 Publisher: WestBow Press OUR PRICE: $41.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| LCCN: 2013922055 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6" W x 9" (1.86 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The tranquility of the magnificently restored Saint Andrew's Parish Church, surrounded by stately oaks and ancient gravestones, belies a tumultuous past. If its walls could talk, they would tell a story as old as the human condition. Founded in the forest of a new colony, this simple Anglican church served planters and their slaves during the heyday of rice and indigo. Before the Civil War, ministry shifted to the slaves, and afterward to freed men and women. Following years of decline and neglect, Saint Andrew's rose like the phoenix. The history of the oldest surviving church south of Virginia and the only remaining colonial cruciform church in South Carolina is one of wealth and poverty, acclaim and anonymity, slavery and freedom, war and peace, quarrelling and cooperation, failure and achievement. It is the story of a church that has refused to die, against all odds. |
