Historian to discuss Wade Hampton III Nov. 12
Prize-winning writer and scholar Ron Andrew will discuss the legacy of South Carolina Confederate son Wade Hampton III Nov. 12.
The talk, centered on Andrew's 2008 biography of Hampton, Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer, will take place at 7 p.m. at the Inn at USC. It is free and open to the public.
An expert in Southern history and a history professor at Clemson University since 2000, Andrew won the 2009 Mary Lawton Hodges Prize in Southern Studies for Hampton biography because of its groundbreaking analysis of Hampton's role during Reconstruction as a conservative white leader. Andrew also has written about the tradition of Southern military schools.
"Dr. Andrew's book is a realistic view of a man whose story has often been clouded by myths," said Walter Edgar, University of South Carolina professor and author of numerous books on South Carolina history. "The Institute for Southern Studies is grateful to the Hodges family for their generous support of this prize and this important lecture."
The Mary Lawton Hodges Prize in Southern Studies was established by the University's Institute for Southern Studies in 2006 to recognize a scholar with the most original work that furthers understanding of the American South. Previous winners have included James C. Cobb for Away Down South, and William Freehling for The Road to Disunion, Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861.
For more information about Andrew's lecture and other Institute for Southern Studies events, call Bob Ellis at 7-2340 or go to http:www.cas.sc.edu/ISS.
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