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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

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The Charleston, Savannah & Coastal Islands Book, A Complete Guide

The Charleston, Savannah & Coastal Islands Book, A Complete Guide

by Cecily McMillan | Wade Spees

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

An excellent, locally produced travel guide mixing history, culture and anecdote with a shipload of up-to-date practical information. It does justice to this area's rich traditions and food. (USS13, $19.95)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

Berendt magically turned his relatively brief stay in Savannah into a rollicking and sensitive portrait of the city, capturing a great variety of colorful characters and the spirit of the place. (USS09, $16.00)

A Short History of Charleston

A Short History of Charleston

by Robert Rosen

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A third-generation Charlestonian, Rosen traces the history of Good King Charles's City from its founding to the present with flair. (USS12, $16.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States

by Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 446 PAGES

A compact photographic guide to the nature of the Southeast States from Mississippi and Georgia to North Carolina, featuring 1,500 photographs, concise descriptions and an overview of the natural history of the area. (USS31, $19.95)

Florida Map with Florida, South Carolina, Georgia

Florida Map with Florida, South Carolina, Georgia

by Hallwag

  • MAP

A detailed map of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. (USS218, $14.95)

 
Charleston Map

Charleston Map


by Navigator Maps

  • MAP

A clear, easy to use souvenir map of Charleston, featuring the city center and well marked places of interest. (USS312, $7.95)

Savannah Map

Savannah Map


by Navigator Maps

  • MAP

A clear, easy to use map of the city center, featuring well marked places of interest. (USS340, $7.95)

The National Trust Guide to Savannah

The National Trust Guide to Savannah


by Roulhac Toledano

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 234 PAGES

A guide to the architectural culture and history of Old Savannah. With 200 archival photographs and maps, it includes chapters on historic preservation, famous visitors and a comprehensive tour of architectural styles. (USS26, $34.95)

Africans in America, America's Journey through Slavery

Africans in America, America's Journey through Slavery


by Charles Johnson | Patricia Smith | WBGH Series Research Team

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A powerful collaborative effort that paints a vivid picture of the history of slavery in America, and celebrates the brave Africans who managed to preserve their heritage as they endured so many hardships. (USS53, $38.95)

Confederate Charleston, An Illustrated History of the City and the People During the Civil War

Confederate Charleston, An Illustrated History of the City and the People During the Civil War


by Robert Rosen

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 181 PAGES

A lavishly illustrated history of Charleston during the civil war, this is an illuminating portrait of the times, the war, and, of course, the great city. (USS11, $39.95)

Ken Burns' The Civil War


by Ken Burns

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • DVD

The landmark eleven-hour PBS miniseries in a digitally overhauled five-disc set. (WAR123, $89.99)

Savannah in the Old South


by Walter Fraser

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 423 PAGES

A comprehensive history of Savannah from its early days as an Indian trading center to the end of the Civil War. (USS366, $22.95)

The Civil War, An Illustrated History

The Civil War, An Illustrated History


by Geoffrey C. Ward | Ken Burns

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

An illustrated, comprehensive social history of the Civil War by the now-famous team of Ward and Burns. With 500 photographs and maps, extensive text and original essays by contributing experts. (USS27, $29.95)

The Jekyll Island Club: Southern Haven for America's Millionaires

The Jekyll Island Club: Southern Haven for America's Millionaires


by June Hall McCash | William Barton McCash

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • HARD COVER
  • 251 PAGES

A history of the legendary Jekyll Island Club, the group of powerful millionaires (including Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Pulitzer) who vacationed on the small island off the coast of Georgia. (USS75, $39.95)

The National Parks, America's Best Idea

The National Parks, America's Best Idea


by Dayton Duncan | Ken Burns

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • DVD

The widescreen edition of Ken Burn's 6-part, 12-hour ode to the national parks, featuring hundreds of interviews, fascinating archival images and dazzling cinematography in High Definition. (USA394, $99.99)

Mark Twain, An Illustrated Biography

Mark Twain, An Illustrated Biography


by Geoffrey C. Ward | Dayton Duncan | Ken Burns

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 269 PAGES

This illustrated companion to the PBS series follows the arc of Twain's celebrated career. (USA440, $40.00)

Seas of Gold, Seas of Cotton: Christophe Poulain Dubignon of Jekyll Island


by Martha L. Keber

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 312 PAGES

A history of 18th-century sea-trade and a biography of Christophe Poulain Dubignon, a Frenchman whose adventures took him from his home in Brittany into the service of the French India Company and finally to a life on Georgia's Jekyll Island. (USS368, $44.95)

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories


by Flannery O'Connor

  • LITERATURE
  • 1977
  • PAPER
  • 264 PAGES

This celebrated collection of short stories contains the well-known title story along with eight others, all of which characterize the underside of life in the rural South in O'Connor's trademark wry prose. (USS393, $13.95)

Blue Christmas


by Mary Kay Andrews

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

As Christmas approaches in Savannah, antiques dealer Weezie Foley must figure out who is sabotaging her seasonal displays and crack her boyfriend's Scroogelike immunity to holiday cheer. (USS420, $14.95)

Lady Baltimore

Lady Baltimore


by Owen Wister

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

This novel is set in Charleston just after the Civil War, when the traditional values of the Old South were in great conflict with those of the victorious northerners. First published in 1906, it's a classic southern portrait. (USS22, $10.95)

Literary Savannah

Literary Savannah


by Patrick Allen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 283 PAGES

An anthology of fiction and non-fiction set in Savannah, portraying the city, its people and culture. With contributions by Henry James, Margaret Mitchell, and Flannery O'Connor. (USS20, $16.95)

Mama Day

Mama Day


by Gloria Naylor

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

A glorious novel populated by the vibrant inhabitants, especially the women, of Willow Springs -- a fictional barrier island off the Atlantic coast between Georgia and South Carolina. (USS23, $14.95)

Savannah Blues

Savannah Blues


by Mary Kay Andrews

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

Living in a carriage house on the property of her ex-husband's Southern mansion, antique dealer Eloise "Weezie" Foley finds herself in a pickle after discovering the corpse of her ex's latest lover. This screwball comedy is enriched by quirky characters and a treasure trove of richly described Southern antiques and furnishings. (USS418, $14.99)

Savannah Breeze


by Mary Kay Andrews

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

After a charming con man leaves BeBe Loudermilk with only a run-down Southern motel to her name, she enlists the help of her antiques-dealing friend to turn the place into a success. A comic sequel to Savannah Blues (USS418). (USS419, $14.99)

Sweetgrass


by Mary Alice Monroe

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A prodigal son returns to South Carolina after his father suffers a stroke, and must help run the old family plantation while fending off developers. (USS416, $7.99)

The Jekyl Island Club, A Novel

The Jekyl Island Club, A Novel


by Brent Monahan

  • MYSTERY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A murder mystery firmly set in the haughtily exclusive club on Georgia's Jekyl Island in 1899. Monahan's detective goes up against the likes of J.P. Morgan and other real-life members of the club in this page-turner which interweaves actual events. (USS59, $17.99)

The National Parks, America's Best Idea

The National Parks, America's Best Idea


by Ken Burns | Dayton Duncan

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Now in a paper edition, this lavishly illustrated tale by the dynamic PBS duo brings to life the conservationists, politicians, presidents and dreamers who created our national park system. (USA356, $32.50)

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