On Friday, April 4, 2008, The Rice Museum will host two book signings.
From 11:00 am until 3:00 pm, Frances Cheston Train will sign copies of her new book, "In Those Days, A Carolina Plantation Remembered." In this book, author Frances Train recalls fond memories of life on Friendfield Plantation, a rice plantation in Georgetown County. The book includes many photographs from the early 1900s and detailed descriptions of everyday life on Friendfield Plantation in the byegone days of the Lowcountry.
Published by History Press, this book sells for $19.99 and may be pre-ordered from The Rice Museum by calling 843-546-7423 or e-mailing thericemuseum@sc.rr.com.
From 3:00 until 4:30 pm, Angela D. Mack will sign "Landscape of Slavery, The Plantation in American Art." This book is an original study of plantation images from the eighteenth century through the present. Through eighty-three color plates, nineteen black-and-white illustrations, and six thematic essays, the collection examines depictions of plantation structures, plantation views, and related slave imagery and art in the context of the American landscapte tradition, addressing the impact of these works on race relations in the United States. Published by The University of South Carolina Press, softcover $24.95, clothbound $49.95. May be pre-ordered from The Rice Museum by calling 843-546-7423 or e-mailing thericemuseum@sc.rr.com.