History's Lost Moments

Toss out the essays forget the boring lectures and don't worry about memorizing dates. Take a tour through the history of South Carolina the South and the entire nation with this collection of forgotten moments. <p>Dr. Tom Horton has sifted through the diary entries old newspaper accounts and textbooks so you can make sense of it all. You'll discover: <ul> <li>• How a contingent of Carolinians led by Joseph Brevard Kershaw of Camden failure to seize Little Round Top perhaps led to the end of the Civil War.<li>• Why leading cabinet and furniture maker William Enston of Charleston should be in any pantheon of leading philanthropists.<li>• How Thomas Pinckney a respected soldier governor diplomat and even presidential candidate became America's forgotten founding father.<li>• And much more including the little-told stories of why Napoleon's sister-in-law was an American Hussy why Indian fighters made the best Civil War Generals and what made John Rutledge so special. </ul>It's all collected in one book and it's a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how History's Lost Moments helped shape the world as it is today.