The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston

by Brian Hicks

Overview

In his 40 years as Mayor of Charleston, Joe Riley has led the historic port city through its greatest period of growth, economic development and unity. His authorized biography, The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston, is the inside story of his life and how he built — and forever transformed — one of the nation's oldest cities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781929647255
Publisher:	Evening Post Books
Publication date:	06/01/2015
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Brian Hicks, a senior writer with The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, is the co-author of two previous books on maritime subjects: Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine and Into the Wind: The Story of the World’s Longest Race. The recipient of the South Carolina Press Association’s award for Journalist of the Year, Hicks lives in Charleston with his wife and their son.

From the Hardcover edition.