McQueeney, W. Thomas.

The Rise of Charleston : Conversations with Visionaries, Luminaries & Emissaries of the Holy City. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword, by Former Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- My Childhood Charleston -- The Second Coming of the Holy City -- Charleston, from Others -- Permanent Attaché to the Peninsula Proper: Thomas F. Hartnett -- A Fly on a Charleston Wall: Henry Berlin and Bernie Puckhaber -- A House in Order: Speaker Bobby Harrell -- The Children of Dr. Charlie Darby -- Alicia Rhett at Home -- The Knowing Value of Friendships: Baseball Owner Mike Veeck -- Southern Gentleman: Judge Sol Blatt Jr. -- By Any Other Name: James B. Edwards -- Cliff Poole and Charleston's Last Bombardment -- Charleston's Great Hope: Congressman Tim Scott -- The Character That Is Frank Abagnale -- Considering Les Robinson -- Anita Zucker and the Monument -- The Man Who Would Be Moses: Mayor Joseph Patrick Riley Jr. -- Alex Sanders at Large -- Teaching Responsibility: Yvette and Hillery Douglas -- The Senator from Charleston: Fritz Hollings -- The Irish Gavel Banger: Patrick Michael Duffy -- The Sergeant at Normandy: Carl Cannon -- Everybody's Cousin Arthur: Arthur Ravenel Jr. -- The Unchurched Now Churched: Pastor Greg Surratt -- The Charity of Understanding: Glenn McConnell -- A Change of "Status": Sheriff Al Cannon -- The Wind in His Sails: Board of Zoning Appeals Chairman Lenny Krawcheck -- Reverend Tony Thompson Reformed -- For Our Following Generations: Kitty Robinson, Executive Director, Historic Charleston Foundation -- From Vietnam Vet to Irish Pub: Tommy Condon -- The Time of Jim Rigney -- The Charleston Night Mayor: Tommy Baker, Entrepreneur -- Staying Guarded: Bobby Cremins -- Who Are Our Heroes?: Medal of Honor Recipient Major General James E. Livingston -- Coaching Life 101: Fisher DeBerry -- Keeping Up with Keith Waring -- Knowledge Is Golden: Mallory Factor. Remembering My Father: "Bully" McQueeney -- Epilogue -- A Brief Cultural History of Charleston -- Notes -- About the Author.

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Interviews-South Carolina-Charleston.
Social change-South Carolina-Charleston-History.
Charleston (S.C.)-Biography.
Charleston (S.C.)-History-20th century.
Charleston (S.C.)-History-21st century.
Charleston (S.C.)-Social conditions.


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