Upheaval in Charleston: Earthquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim Crow M B K light sensors

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The Substitute Sleuth

- Fiction | World Literature | Europe (General)

was a French writer

and currently lives in London with her husband and three children

Upheaval in Charleston: Earthquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim Crow M B K light sensorsOn August 31, 1886, a massive earthquake centered near Charleston, South Carolina, sent shock waves as far north as Maine, down into Florida, and west to the Mississippi River. When the dust settled, residents of the old port city were devastated by the death and destruction. Upheaval in Charleston is a gripping account of natural disaster and turbulent social change in a city known as the cradle of secession. Weaving together the emotionally charged