A look at the rise and decline of the Pinckney family whose members were present at every major point in Charleston's history.

One of the most remarkable women born in the Reconstruction South, Susan Pringle Frost was an outspoken champion of a host of important causes, including women's rights, a more active and accountable local government, and better treatment of African Americans. In his biography of this dynamic Charlestonian, Sidney Bland enumerates Frost's many accomplishments and chronicles what he considers to be her greatest achievement-spearheading a historic preservation movement in Charleston that became the model for preservationists throughout the country. A finalist for the South Carolina Historical...