Wildsam Field Guides: Charleston

by Taylor Bruce (Editor), Teil Duncan (Illustrator)

Overview

Wildsam Field Guides: Charleston reveals this charming and historic city in South Carolina through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike.

Visit the ultimate Southern city of Charleston, including:

• The city's queen of fried chicken
• Fifty years of beach music tunes
• A list of the holy city's dreamy and semi-hidden alleyways
• Southern hospitality
• A list of legendary shipwrecks
• Walking maps of architectural and secret garden landmarks
• The perfect order at the city's seven essential landmarks
• Civil rights pioneers, from Judge Waring to Septima Clark

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495155352
Publisher:	Wildsam Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2015
Series:	American City Guide Series
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	368,380
Product dimensions:	3.90(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Taylor Bruce is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wildsam Field Guides. He grew up on his family farm on the border of Georgia and Alabama. Taylor studied writing at Vanderbilt University, and, after, wrote freelance for magazines such as Men's Journal, Oxford American and National Geographic Adventure, among others. He took a full-time writer's post at Southern Living in 2007. After moving to New York and pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College, Taylor launched Wildsam out of his 500-square foot apartment in 2012. The original Nashville guide caught the attention of national media and thoughtful travelers alike, and in 2015, National Geographic awarded Wildsam the "Traveler 50" award. Taylor lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Robin, and two sons, Booker and Truett.

Table of Contents

1 Welcome and City Essentials, including transportation, lodging, coffee shops, book list, music list, weekend itinerary, city statistics, issues of progress and challenge 13 Bests Recommendations for Food/Drink, Shopping, Action, and City Expertise 24 Almanac of heritage and archival narratives, including timelines, how-to's, letters, newspaper articles, recipes and other historical emphemra 55 Illustrated Maps about favorite classic restaurants, architecture, secret gardens, the lowcountry, fashion and style, and southern hospitality 75 Local Interviews about being a chef, leading a high school band, running for mayor, creating taxidermy art, making silver from scratch, honoring Gullah culture and more 100 Essays and Fiction from Katie Crouch, Pat Conroy, Josephine Humphreys and the Editors of the Post & Courier newspaper 135 Index

Editorial Reviews

"For tireless seekers of the authentic." WALL STREET JOURNAL

"This is the freshest-feeling guidebook since On The Road, that Kerouac thing. And Bruce’s has better drawings." - PASTE

"Unlike traditional guidebooks that list the same old must-see sights and touristy neighborhoods, this new series, entitled Wildsam Field Guides, gets at the soul of a city." - CONDE NAST TRAVELER

"An intricate portrait of place; part guide, part tribute, part artwork." - CEREAL

"Your grandpa’s guidebook…loaded with local interviews, lore, hand-drawn maps, and city secrets. Wildsam launched its charmingly throwback series in 2012." - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER

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