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City of the Silent: The Charlestonians of Magnolia Cemetery »

Book cover image of City of the Silent: The Charlestonians of Magnolia Cemetery by Ted Ashton Phillips Jr.

Authors: Ted Ashton Phillips Jr., Alice McPherson Phillips (Afterword), Josephine Humphreys
ISBN-13: 9781570038723, ISBN-10: 1570038724
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Date Published: January 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Ted Ashton Phillips Jr.


Ted Ashton Phillips, Jr. (1959-2005), was a resident and historian of Charleston, South Carolina. A graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, Phillips was a trustee of Magnolia Cemetery, a member of the Brown Fellowship Cemetery Committee, and an officer of the Preservation Society of Charleston. He is interred in Magnolia Cemetery with the subjects of his book.

Book Synopsis


A guide to more than two hundred of the most famous, infamous, and influential individuals now interred in the iconic Charleston landmark

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword Josephine Humphreys Humphreys, Josephine

Introduction Thomas J. Brown Brown, Thomas J.

A Brief Note on the Biographical Subjects 1

Biographical Profiles 5

Maps and Thematic Tours 190

Afterword Alice McPherson Phillips Phillips, Alice McPherson 202

Acknowledgments Thomas J. Brown Brown, Thomas J. 205

Index 207

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