From Little River to Georgetown, the South Carolina Grand Strand-popularly known as the Myrtle Beach region-is only fifty-five miles long, yet few coastlines have a richer, more colorful history. Numbered among its parade of colorful characters are hardened explorers, seasoned woodsmen, remarkable women, famous soldiers, powerful politicians, men of violence, rich men, poor men, and gifted visionaries. Planters, Pirates, and Patriots: Historical Tales from the South Carolina Grand Strand offers historical vignettes of the Grand Strand's diverse array of heroes, smugglers, and settlers. This collection of historical tales proves that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

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