Plantations of the Low Country: South Carolina 1697-1865

Author: William P. Baldwin, with research by Agnes L. Baldwin and pictures by N. Jane Iseley

This book is a collection of pictures and descriptions of the many beautiful houses and churches of the Low Country. To those who don't know, the Low Country is the area in and around Charleston, SC including Edisto Island and Fripp Island just to mention a few. Again, I am doing family research and this is just another one of the many I have found recently. I really enjoyed the history that was put into the descriptions. I wish there had been a few more pictures, though the ones that were in the book were really beautiful. I found a few of the houses and churches that I want to go and see in person to help me on my search to know everything about this branch of my family. I especially liked some of the quotes used from an outsider's point of view like the northerner that was passing through to Fripp Island on Black Creek. I have never been much to learn about history until now...I always thought history was boring. Little did I know that all it would take to get me to learn about it was to throw in some relatives. Ha ha. I just like stories and stuff to feel real to me, and now history like the Revolutionary War and the Civil War seem far more real than used to feel.