"At the urging of many Columbians, Nell S. Graydon of Greenwood has collected tales of the Columbia of half century, a century, and longer ago. She has used in her latest book the same style of narrative which she used so successfully in "Tales of Edisto" and "Tales of Beaufort." Mrs. Graydon recaptures the opulent atmosphere of antebellum Columbia and relates the tragedy of the city's burning in 1865. The despair of Reconstruction days, the triumphant election of 1876, the whiskey rebellion, and the delights of Big Thursday - these events and many others come alive in Mrs. Graydon's book." -- Amazon.com