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Arcady: A National Playground Where the Leaders of Contemporary Life May Sustain Their Capacity for Work by Bringing to its Utmost the Art of Rest and Relaxation. Arcady Executives. 1929 prospectus for investment in resort development in Myrtle Beach. A full scan is available on the City of Myrtle Beach website.
The African American Family Farm, Post Bellum to 1999. A Manual for Freewoods. Christine Brogdon. Freewoods Foundation, 1991.
Among the Pines: Or, the South in Secession-time. James R. Gilmore (writing as Edmund Kirke). Carleton, 1864. Scan available at Hathi Trust.
As Only God Can Love: A Lifetime of Companionship with Meher Baba. Darwin Shaw. Sheriar Press, 2003.
Atlantic Beach (Images of America). Sherry Suttles and the Atlantic Beach Historical Society. History Press, 2009.
Berry’s Blue Book: A Book of Historical Interviews. C. B. Berry. Trafford Publishing, 2005.
Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years. Rick Simmons. 2011
Carolina Beach Music Compilation: The Classics. Rick Simmons. History Press, 2025.
Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia. Rick Simmons. McFarland, 2018.
Carolina Beach Music from the ‘60s to the ‘80s: The New Wave. Rick Simmons. History Press, 2013.
Cluster Forks: Every-Damn-Thing You Need to Know 'bout Foodies, Food Biz, & Food Service! Dino Thompson. Snug Press, 2021.
A Collection of Memoirs of the Burroughs Family. Adalyn Sherwood Kearns, ed. Privately printed, no date.
Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories. Robert Kinkaid Mills and Genevieve C. Peterkin, eds. University of South Carolina, 2008.
A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand: Fish and Grits, Oyster Roasts, and Boiled Peanuts. Becky Billingsley. The History Press, 2013.
Dilruba Days. Cathy Haas Riley.
Down By the Riverside. Charles W. Joyner. University of South Carolina, 1985.
An Errand to the South in 1862. William Wyndham Mallet. Carleton, 1864. Scan available at Hathi Trust.
The Evolution of a HIstoric Preservation Ethic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Barbara F. Stokes. Master’s thesis, University of South Carolina, 2003.
From the Beginning: A History of the Burroughs & Chapin Company Helen Milliken. Sheriar Press, 2004.
Ghosts of the Carolinas. Nancy and Bruce Roberts. McNally and Loftin, 1967.
Greek Boy: Growing Up Southern, A Myrtle Beach Memoir. Dino Thompson. Snug Press, 2000.
Boogie Woogie Beats. Dino Thompson. Snug Press, 2014.
Helen Mates: 'Local Icon' in Mid Century Myrtle Beach. Russell Mates with Carolyn Mates Waters. 2013.
Hidden History of the Grand Strand. Rick Simmons. The History Press, 2010.
A History of the Conway Fire Department: Approaching a Century of Proud Service. R. E. Jones and Horry County Historical Society. Horry County Historical Society, 1998.
History of First United Methodist Church, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 1938-1988. First United Methodist Church. Kwik Printing, c. 1988.
Horry County, South Carolina, 1730-1993 . Catherine Heniford Lewis. University of South Carolina Press, 1998.
Horry County Survey of Historic Places. Waccamaw Regional Planning and Development Council. WRPDC, 1973.
Horry and the Waccamaw . Franklin Burroughs. W.W. Norton & Company, 1992.
Horry County (SC) Cemetery Records . A. P. Cox, et al. Waccamaw Records, 1989.
"Horry County: From the Independent Republic to the Republican Paradise." Jarrett Skipper Calder. 2007. Dissertation.
The Illustrated History of Horry County. Rod Gragg. Burroughs & Chapin Co., Inc., 1994.
Shrimp Highway: Savoring US 17 and its Iconic Dish. Jeff Johnson. McFarland, 2017.
The Independent Republic: A Survey History of Horry County, South Carolina. A. G. Bedford, et al. Rev. and enlarged ed., Horry County Historical Society, 1989.
Jimmy D’Angelo and Myrtle Beach Golf. Horace Carter. Atlantic Publishing Co., 1991.
Legendary Locals of Myrtle Beach. Lesta Sue Hardee. Arcadia Publishing, 2014.
Loris Centennial 1887-1987: Souvenir Book. Loris Centennial Committee. LCC, 1987.
Lost Myrtle Beach. Becky Billingsley. The History Press, 2014.
Memories of the Southern States. Elizabeth Collins. Barnicott, Printer, 1865. Scan available via Google Books.
Myrtle Beach and Conway in Vintage Postcards (Images of America). Susan Hoffer McMillan. History Press,, 2001.
Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand (Then and Now). Susan Hoffer McMillan. History Press, 2004.
Myrtle Beach: A History, 1900-1980. Barbara F. Stokes. University of South Carolina Press, 2007.
Myrtle Beach Movies. Kathryn Cox Hedgepath. New Hanover Printing and Publishing, 2017.
Myrtle Beach Pavilion (Images of America). Lesta Sue Hardee and Janice McDonald. History Press, 2010.
North Myrtle Beach (Images of America). Susan Hoffer McMillan. History Press, 2021.
Obituaries from Horry County Newspapers, 1861-1914. Catherine Heniford Lewis. Waccamaw Records, [no date]
The Ocean Forest Hotel. James Craigie. Senior thesis project, Memphis State University 1987.
Planters, Pirates, & Patriots: Historical Tales from the South Carolina Grand Strand. Rod Gragg. Rutledge Hill Press, 1994.
Populuxe Motels: Preservation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and the Wildwoods, New Jersey. Katherine Fuller. Master’s thesis, Goucher College, 2002.
Reflections in Time: Half-Century Pictorial History of Horry County. Jack Thompson and Joyce Klein. Coastal Federal Bank, c. 2003.
Revisiting Our Past, Focusing On Our Present, While Envisioning Our Future: 100th Anniversary of Sandy Grove Baptist Church. Costella Brunson.
The River Home: A Return to the Carolina Low Country. Franklin Burroughs. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
The Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgetown and Horry Districts . Christopher C. Boyle. Foreword by J. Benjamin Burroughs, The History Press, 2017.
Sandy Presbyterians: One Man’s View of the Presbyterian Churches on the Grand Strand. Tommy Woodrun, ed. Published by the author, 1989.
Shag: The Legendary Dance of the South. G. W. “Bo” Bryan Jr. Foundation Books for Fast Dance, 1997.
Shagging in the Carolinas. ‘Fessa John Hook. History Press, 2006.
Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture. Charles W. Joyner. University of Illinois, 1999.
Shrimp Highway: Savoring US 17 and its Iconic Dish. Jeff Johnson. McFarland, 2017.
The Spirit of Little River: A Pictorial History of Little River, South Carolina. Little River United Methodist Church. Little River United Methodist Church, c. 2012.
Tales Along the Grand Strand of South Carolina . Blanche W. Floyd. Bandit Books, 1996.
United States Policy Towards German Prisoners of War and Its Application in South Carolina. Judy Ledford Wyatt. Master’s thesis, University of South Carolina, 1985.
Victims of Neglect: The Career and Creations of John T. Woodside, 1865-1986. James A. Dunlap III. Master’s thesis, University of South Carolina, 1986.
The Villa: A Myrtle Beach Story. Patricia Goodwin and Karen Olson, eds. Class Publishing, 2025.
Wicked Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand. Becky Billingsley. History Press, 2015.
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Georgetown County
The Aftermath of Glory. James Henry Rice. Walker, Evans, and Cogswell Co., 1934.
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation. Dennis T. Lawson. Rice Museum, 1975.
The Allstons of Chicora Wood: Wealth, Honor, and Gentility in the South Carolina Lowcountry. William Kauffman Scarborough. Louisiana State University, 2011.
Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Twenty-Seven Oral Histories of Former South Carolina Slaves. Belinda Hurmence. J.F. Blair, 1989.
Brookgreen Gardens (Images of America). Robin Salmon. History Press, 2006.
Brookgreen Gardens, Atalaya. (Images of AmericaB). Robin Salmon. History Press, 2018.
A Carolina Plantation Remembered. Francis Cheston Train. History Press, 2008.
A Carolinian Goes to War: The Civil War Narrative of Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General, CSA. Arthur Manigault Middleton, 1983.
Chronicles of Chicora Wood. Elizabeth W. Allston Pringle. Georgetown Historical Society, 1999.
Down By the Riverside. Charles W. Joyner. University of South Carolina, 1985.
Georgetown County, South Carolina (Black Americans). Ramona LaRoche. History Press, 1999.
Ebony Effects: 150 Facts About Blacks in Georgetown. Steve Williams. Waccamaw Press, 2012.
An Errand to the South in 1862. William Wyndham Mallet. Carleton, 1864. Scan available via Hathi Trust.
The Fishermen of the Lowcountry: Memories from Home. Vennie Deas Moore with William P. Baldwin. History Press, 2007.
Georgetown Presbyterian Church: the First Hundred Years, 1897-1997. Paul Wesley McNeill. The Session,
Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of New Harmony, Synod of South Atlantic, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A, 1997.
Georgetown Rice Plantations. Alberta Morel Lachicotte. Georgetown County Historical Society, 1993.
Georgetown's North Island: A History. Robert McAlister. The History Press, 2015.
Georgetown and the Waccamaw Neck in Vintage Postcards. Susan Hoffer McMillan. History Press, 2003.
Ghosts of the Carolinas. Nancy and Bruce Roberts. McNally and Loftin, 1967.
Ghosts of Georgetown. Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger. J.F. Blair, 1995.
More Ghosts of Georgetown. Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger. John F. Blair Publisher, 1998.
A Guide to the City of Georgetown Historic District, Georgetown, South Carolina. Dennis T. Lawson. Georgetown County Historical Society, 1995.
A Guide to Historic Georgetown County, South Carolina. Dennis T. Lawson. Rice Museum, 1974.
Heaven is a Beautiful Place. Genevieve Chandler Peterson with William P. Baldwin. University of South Carolina, 2000.
Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River. Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker. South Carolina Department of Archives and History for the Historic Ricefields Association, 2001.
The History of Georgetown County, South Carolina. George C. Rogers, Jr. University of South Carolina Press, 1970.
The Life and Times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones Slocum: 1861-1914. Robert McAlister. History Press, 2012.
The Lumber Boom of Coastal South Carolina: Nineteenth-Century Shipbuilding and the Devastation of Lowcountry Virgin Forests. Robert McAlister. History Press, 2013.
Reminiscences of Richard Lathers: Sixty Years of a Busy Life in South Carolina, Massachusetts and New York. Richard Lathers. Grafton Press, 1907.
The Market Preparation of Carolina Rice: An Illustrated History of Innovations in the Lowcountry Rice Kingdom. Richard Dwight Porcher Jr. and William Robert Judd. University of South Carolina, 2014.
Musings of a Hermit at Three Score and Ten, with Historical Sketches of the Waccamaw Neck. Clarke A. Willcox. Walker, Evans and Cogswell, 1982.
Pawleys Island: A Living Legend. Charlotte Kaminski Prevost and Effie Leland Wilder. The State Printing Company, 1972.
Pawleys Island (Images of America). Steve Roberts and Lee Brockington. History Press, 2018.
Renty’s Bell: The Story of Renty Tucker (1831 - 1913): A Remarkable All-But-Forgotten South Carolinian. Robert D. Insley. Prose Press, 2016.
Rice and Slaves: Ethnicity and the Slave Trade in Colonial South Carolina. Daniel C. Littlefield. University of Illinois, 1991.
Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens. Robin Salmon. History Press, 2009.
The Story of the South Carolina Lowcountry, 3 Volumes. Herbert Ravenel Sass. J. F. Hyer, 1956.
Seven Days on the Santee Delta: A Storied, Colorful Life Where a Relentless River Reaches the Sea. John Lane and Philip Wilkinson.
Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture. Charles W. Joyner. University of Illinois, 1999.
Shrimp Tales: Small Bites of History. Beverly Bowers Jennings. [Publisher not identified], 2020. Stories of professional shrimpers, including some working waters off of Georgetown.
Shrimp Highway: Savoring US 17 and its Iconic Dish. Jeff Johnson. McFarland, 2017.
South Carolina Ports: Charleston, Georgetown, and Port Royal. Sheila Hempton Watson. History Press, [date].
Trial and Error: The Case of John Brownfield and Race Relations in Georgetown, South Carolina. Tom Rubillo. History Press, 2007.
Washington Alston: A Study of the Romantic Artist in America. Edgar P. Richardson. University of Chicago, 1948.
A Woman Rice Planter. Elizabeth W. Allston Pringle (As Patience Pennington). Illustrated by Alice R. Huger Smith, University of South Carolina Press, 1992. (Originally published 1913, MacMillan Co.)
Wooden Ships on Winyah Bay. Robert McAlister. South Carolina Maritime Museum, 2011.
African American History and Gullah Geechee Culture
Atlantic Beach (Images of America). Sherry Suttles and the Atlantic Beach Historical Society. History Press, 2009.
The African American Family Farm, Post Bellum to 1999. A Manual for Freewoods. Christine Brogdon. Freewoods Foundation, 1991.
Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. Lorenzo Dow Turner. University of Chicago, 1949; University of South Carolina, 2002.
Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Twenty-Seven Oral Histories of Former South Carolina Slaves. Belinda Hurmence. J.F. Blair, 1989.
Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories. Robert Kinkaid Mills and Genevieve C. Peterkin, eds. University of South Carolina, 2008.
Neal Cox of Arcadia Plantation: Memoirs of a Renaissance Man, Neal Cox, Home House Press, 2003.
Down By the Riverside. Charles W. Joyner. University of South Carolina, 1985.
Ebony Effects: 150 Facts About Blacks in Georgetown. Steve Williams. Waccamaw Press, 2012.
The Fishermen of the Lowcountry: Memories from Home. Vennie Deas Moore with William P. Baldwin. History Press, 2007.
From the Fields to the Future: 7 Secrets to Living Longer from a Super-Centenarian. J. Vaught. Excelovate, 2014. Reflections from Odrick Vaught, from Little River Neck, who was born enslaved and died in 1868 at a reported 123 years old.
Georgetown County, South Carolina (Black Americans). Ramona LaRoche. History Press, 1999.
Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River. Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker. South Carolina Department of Archives and History for the Historic Ricefields Association, 2001.
Maroon Communities in South Carolina: A Documentary History. Timothy James Lockley. University of South Carolina, 2009.
Renty’s Bell: The Story of Renty Tucker (1831 - 1913): A Remarkable All-But-Forgotten South Carolinian. Robert D. Insley. Prose Press, 2016.
Revisiting Our Past, Focusing On Our Present, While Envisioning Our Future: 100th Anniversary of Sandy Grove Baptist Church. Costella Brunson.
Rice and Slaves: Ethnicity and the Slave Trade in Colonial South Carolina. Daniel C. Littlefield. University of Illinois, 1991.
Row Upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Dale Rosengarten. University of South Carolina, 1986.
Sandy Island Forever. Susan Hoffer McMillan and Linda Ketron. [pub info]
Seed from Madagascar. Duncan Clinch Heyward. University of North Carolina, 1937.
Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture. Charles W. Joyner. University of Illinois, 1999.
Some Factors Which Gave Rise to the Origin of Selected Black Churches in Horry County, South Carolina. Covel Clifford Moore, 1992. Dissertation.
The South Carolina Rice Plantation: As Revealed in the Papers of Robert F. S. Alston. J. H. Easterby. University of Chicago, 1940; University of South Carolina, 2004.
Them Dark Days: Slavery in the American Rice Swamps. William T. Dusinberre. Oxford University Press, 1996.
Trial and Error: The Case of John Brownfield and Race Relations in Georgetown, South Carolina. Tom Rubillo. History Press, 2007.
The Whittemore School: An African-American School in Horry County, South Carolina, 1870-1970. J. B. Modjeski. University of South Carolina, 1999. Dissertation.
Biography, oral history, and memoir
The Aftermath of Glory. James Henry Rice. Walker, Evans, and Cogswell Co., 1934.
Washington Alston: A Study of the Romantic Artist in America. Edgar P. Richardson. University of Chicago, 1948.
The Allstons of Chicora Wood: Wealth, Honor, and Gentility in the South Carolina Lowcountry. William Kauffman Scarborough. Louisiana State University, 2011.
Among the Pines: Or, the South in Secession-time. James R. Gilmore (writing as Edmund Kirke). Carleton, 1864. Scan available via Hathi Trust.
Baruch: My Own Story. Bernard Baruch. Henry Holt, 1957.
Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Twenty-Seven Oral Histories of Former South Carolina Slaves. Belinda Hurmence. J.F. Blair, 1989.
Berry’s Blue Book: A Book of Historical Interviews. C. B. Berry. Trafford Publishing, 2005.
A Carolina Plantation Remembered. Francis Cheston Train. History Press, 2008.
Chronicles of Chicora Wood. Elizabeth W. Allston Pringle. Georgetown Historical Society, 1999.
A Collection of Memoirs of the Burroughs Family. Adalyn Sherwood Kearns, ed. Privately printed, no date.
Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories. Robert Kinkaid Mills and Genevieve C. Peterkin, eds. University of South Carolina, 2008.
An Errand to the South in 1862. William Wyndham Mallet. Carleton, 1864. (Scan available via Hathi Trust: LINK)
The Fishermen of the Lowcountry: Memories from Home. Vennie Deas Moore with William P. Baldwin. History Press, 2007.
From the Fields to the Future: 7 Secrets to Living Longer from a Super-Centenarian. J. Vaught. Excelovate, 2014. Reflections from Odrick Vaught, from Little River Neck, who was born enslaved and died in 1868 at a reported 123 years old.
Greek Boy: Growing Up Southern, A Myrtle Beach Memoir. Dino Thompson. Snug Press, 2000.
Helen Mates: 'Local Icon' in Mid Century Myrtle Beach. Russell Mates with Carolyn Mates Waters. 2013.
Heaven is a Beautiful Place. Genevieve Chandler Peterson with William P. Baldwin. University of South Carolina, 2000.
Love Alone Prevails: A Story of Life with Meher Baba. Kitty Davey. Sheriar Press, 1981.
Memories of the Southern States. Elizabeth Collins. Barnicott, Printer, 1865. (Scan available via Google Books: LINK)
Musings of a Hermit at Three Score and Ten, with Historical Sketches of the Waccamaw Neck. Clarke A. Willcox. Walker, Evans and Cogswell, 1982.
Neal Cox of Arcadia Plantation: Memoirs of a Renaissance Man. Neal Cox. Home House Press, 2003.
Old Times in Horry County: A Narrative History. R. A. Wells. History Press, 2007
A Personal History of the F. G. Burroughs Family. Adeline Godfrey Pringle Merrill. Privately published, 2003.
Rambles in the Pee Dee Basin, South Carolina. Harvey Toliver Cook. The State Publishing Company, 1926.
Reminiscences of Richard Lathers: Sixty Years of a Busy Life in South Carolina, Massachusetts and New York. Richard Lathers. Grafton Press, 1907.
Rice Planter & Sportsman: The Recollections of J. Motte Alston, 1821-1909. Arney R. Childs. University of South Carolina, 1953.
Swamp, Strand, and Steamboat: Voices of Horry County, South Carolina, 1732-1954. R. A. Wells. Sheriar Press, 2004.
Victims of Neglect: The Career and Creations of John T. Woodside, 1865-1986. James A. Dunlap III. Master’s thesis, University of South Carolina, 1986.
A Woman Rice Planter. Elizabeth W. Allston Pringle (As Patience Pennington). Illustrated by Alice R. Huger Smith, University of South Carolina Press, 1992. (Originally published 1913, MacMillan Co.)
Churches and faith communities
All Saints Church, Waccamaw, 1739-1968. Henry DeSaussure Bull, with updates by Gertrude Cornish Bull. Reprint Company, 1994.
As Only God Can Love: A Lifetime of Companionship with Meher Baba. Darwin Shaw. Sheriar Press, 2003.
Dilruba Days. Cathy Haas Riley.
First United Methodist Church History, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1919-2000. Federal Writers Project of the WPA. Fernandez Press, no date.
Georgetown Presbyterian Church: the First Hundred Years, 1897-1997. Paul Wesley McNeill. The Session, Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of New Harmony, Synod of South Atlantic, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A, 1997.
History of First United Methodist Church, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 1938-1988. First United Methodist Church. Kwik Printing, c. 1988.
Love Alone Prevails: A Story of Life with Meher Baba. Kitty Davey. Sheriar Press, 1981.
Revisiting Our Past, Focusing On Our Present, While Envisioning Our Future: 100th Anniversary of Sandy Grove Baptist Church. Costella Brunson.
St. James Santee Plantation Parish: History and Records, 1685-1925. Anne Baker Leland Bridges and Roy Williams III. Class Publishing, 2023.
Sandy Presbyterians: One Man’s View of the Presbyterian Churches on the Grand Strand. Tommy Woodrun, ed. Published by the author, 1989.
Some Factors Which Gave Rise to the Origin of Selected Black Churches in Horry County, South Carolina. Covel Clifford Moore. [university?], 1992. Dissertation.
The Spirit of Little River: A Pictorial History of Little River, South Carolina. Little River United Methodist Church. Little River United Methodist Church, c. 2012.
Colonial, Antebellum, and Civil War Eras
A Carolinian Goes to War: The Civil War Narrative of Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General, CSA. Arthur Manigault Middletonm. 1983.
Down By the Riverside. Charles W. Joyner. University of South Carolina, 1985.
An Historical Sketch of the Georgetown Rifle Guards and as Co. A. of the So. Ca. Volunteers in the Army of the Confederate States. S. Emanuel. [publisher], 1909.
The Land Called Chicora: The Carolinas Under Spanish Rule with French Intrusions, 1520-1670. Paul Quattelbaum. University of Florida, 1956.
The Last Foray: The South Carolina Planters of 1860, A Sociological Study. Chalmers Gaston Davidson. University of South Carolina, 1971.
Lowcountry Agricultural and Convivial Societies: Where Planters Came Together in Georgetown, South Carolina. Christopher C. Boyle. McFarland, 2022.
Life and Letters of Washington Allston. Jared Flagg. [publisher], 1892.
Memories of the Southern States. Elizabeth Collins. Barnicott, Printer, 1865. (Scan available via Google Books: LINK)
The Rice Princes: A Rice Epoch Revisited. Anthony Q. Devereux. University of Virginia, 1973.
The Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgetown and Horry Districts. Christopher C. Boyle. Foreword by J. Benjamin Burroughs, The History Press, 2017.
Seed from Madagascar. Duncan Clinch Heyward. University of North Carolina, 1937.
Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture. Charles W. Joyner. University of Illinois, 1999.
Industrial, agricultural, and environmental history
The Aftermath of Glory. James Henry Rice. Walker, Evans, and Cogswell Co., 1934.
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation. Dennis T. Lawson. Rice Museum, 1975.
A Caines Family Tradition: A Native Son’s Story of Fishing, Hunting, and Duck Decoys in the Low Country. Jerry Wayne Caines. History Press, 2007.
Bucksport, South Carolina. Mary E. Owens. Published by the author, 2008.
Carolina Gold Rice: The Ebb and Flow History of a Lowcountry Cash Crop. Richard Schulze. History Press, 2005.
The Fishermen of the Lowcountry: Memories from Home. Vennie Deas Moore with William P. Baldwin. History Press, 2007.
From the Beginning: A History of the Burroughs & Chapin Company. Helen Milliken. Sheriar Press, 2004.
Georgetown's North Island: A History. Robert McAlister. The History Press, 2015.
Georgetown Rice Plantations. Alberta Morel Lachicotte. Georgetown County Historical Society, 1993.
Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River. Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker. South Carolina Department of Archives and History for the Historic Ricefields Association, 2001.
Horry and the Waccamaw. Franklin Burroughs. W.W. Norton & Company, 1992.
Long Green: The Rise and Fall of Tobacco in South Carolina. Eldred E. Prince, Jr. with Robin Simpson. University of Georgia, 2000.
Looking for Longleaf: The Rise and Fall of an American Forest. Lawrence S. Earley. University of North Carolina, 2004.
The Lumber Boom of Coastal South Carolina: Nineteenth-Century Shipbuilding and the Devastation of Lowcountry Virgin Forests. Robert McAlister. History Press, 2013.
Rambles in the Pee Dee Basin, South Carolina. Harvey Toliver Cook. The State Publishing Company, 1926.
Rice & Ducks: The Surprising Convergence that Saved the Carolina Lowcountry. Virginia Christian Beach. Charleston Evening Post Books, 2014.
The Rice Princes: A Rice Epoch Revisited. Anthony Q. Devereux. University of Virginia, 1973.
Rice and Slaves: Ethnicity and the Slave Trade in Colonial South Carolina. Daniel C. Littlefield. University of Illinois, 1991.
The River Home: A Return to the Carolina Low Country. Franklin Burroughs. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
Sea Coast Crops. R. W. Allston. A. E. Miller, 1854. (Scan available via Hathi Trust: LINK)
Seed from Madagascar. Duncan Clinch Heyward. University of North Carolina, 1937.
Seven Days on the Santee Delta: A Storied, Colorful Life Where a Relentless River Reaches the Sea. John Lane and Philip Wilkinson.
Shrimp Tales: Small Bites of History. Beverly Bowers Jennings, 2020. Stories of professional shrimpers, including some working waters off of Georgetown.
So Much to Be Thankful For: The Conway National Bank and the Economic History of Horry County. Roy Talbert. Conway National Bank, 2003.
The South Carolina Rice Plantation: As Revealed in the Papers of Robert F. S. Alston. J. H. Easterby. University of Chicago, 1940; University of South Carolina, 2004.
Them Dark Days: Slavery in the American Rice Swamps. William T. Dusinberre. Oxford University Press, 1996.
Wooden Ships on Winyah Bay. Robert McAlister. South Carolina Maritime Museum, 2011.
Music, folklore, and folklife
Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. Lorenzo Dow Turner. University of Chicago, 1949; University of South Carolina, 2002.
Boogie Woogie Beats. Dino Thompson. Snug Press, 2014.
A Caines Family Tradition: A Native Son’s Story of Fishing, Hunting, and Duck Decoys in the Low Country. Jerry Wayne Caines. History Press, 2007.
Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years. Rick Simmons. 2011
Carolina Beach Music Compilation: The Classics. Rick Simmons. History Press, 2025.
Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia. Rick Simmons. McFarland, 2018.
Carolina Beach Music from the ‘60s to the ‘80s: The New Wave. Rick Simmons. History Press, 2013.
A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand: Fish and Grits, Oyster Roasts, and Boiled Peanuts. Becky Billingsley. The History Press, 2013.
Down By the Riverside. Charles W. Joyner. University of South Carolina, 1985.
Georgetown Houselore. Julian Stevenson Bolick. Georgetown County Historical Society, reprint of 1944 publication.
Ghosts of the Carolinas. Nancy and Bruce Roberts. McNally and Loftin, 1967.
Ghosts from the Coast. Julian Stevenson Bolick. Jacobs Press, 1966.
Ghosts of Georgetown. Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger. J.F. Blair, 1995.
Greek Boy: Growing Up Southern, A Myrtle Beach Memoir. Dino Thompson. Snug Press, 2000.
More Ghosts of Georgetown. Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger. John F. Blair Publisher, 1998.
Planters, Pirates, & Patriots: Historical Tales from the South Carolina Grand Strand. Rod Gragg. Rutledge Hill Press, 1994.
Return of the Gray Man. Julian Stevenson Bolick. Jacobs Press, 1956.
Shag: The Legendary Dance of the South. G. W. “Bo” Bryan Jr. Foundation Books for Fast Dance, 1997.
Shagging in the Carolinas. ‘Fessa John Hook. History Press, 2006.
Tales Along the Grand Strand of South Carolina. Blanche W. Floyd. Bandit Books, 1996.
Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture. Charles W. Joyner. University of Illinois, 1999.
Shrimp Highway: Savoring US 17 and its Iconic Dish. Jeff Johnson. McFarland, 2017.
Tales Along the Kings Highway. Blanche W. Floyd.
Whitewash: A Southern Journey Through Music, Mayhem and Murder. Frank Beacham. Published by the author, 2002.