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Title: Interesting history but the man cannot write decent prose
Review: This is an easy way to learn a little about the history of Charleston. But the narrative and the writing are so bad that it makes you wince. It's hard to understand what the role of the editor was, especially when dialogue is called for. Any good editor should have been able to sharpen up this silly unrealistic blather. The narrative is like the Perils of Pauline, with people being thrown under trains, eaten by crocodiles, etc. The reality was bad enough without all this dopey violent melodrama being dragged into it. Hard to understand how anyone can be a "fan" of such a mediocre writer.
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