Pawleys Island / Steve Roberts, Lee Brockington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Steven Victor, author.

Brockington, Lee, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantation life.

Seaside resorts.

Pawleys Island (S.C.)--History.

Pawleys Island (S.C.).

Pawleys Island (S.C.)--History--Pictorial works.

Pawleys Island (S.C.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

South Carolina.

South Carolina--Pawleys Island.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

The history of Pawleys Island can be summed up in four words: rice, sea, golf, and hammocks. The rivers threading through coastal South Carolina created an ideal environment for cultivating rice, and by the mid-18th century, vast plantations were producing profitable crops and wealthy landowners. But those plantations also produced malaria-carrying mosquitoes, so the landowners sent their families to the seashore for the summer and built the first houses on Pawleys Island starting in 1822. The end of slavery doomed the rice culture, and the old plantations were sold to rich Northerners for hunting and fishing retreats. During the Depression, the Lachicotte family started making and selling distinctive rope hammocks, the perfect symbol for the island's slow, simple lifestyle. By the 1960s, many of the old plantations were turned into golf courses, reviving the economy. But the beating heart of Pawleys Island remains the rhythm of the sea and what one early visitor called "the only beach in the world."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Origins

Early days

Getting there

Life after the Civil War

The hammock story

Pawleys at midcentury.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439664841

1439664846