Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781929647675)

A new portrayal of this 18th-century icon among America's historic sites, Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People is the first book in the nation to focus on a site's recent history using interviews with descendants (both White and Black), board members, staff, donors, architects, historians, preservationists, tourism leaders, and more. Like different pieces of a mosaic, each interview combines with others to create an engaging picture of this one place, revealing never-before-shared family moments, major decisions in preservation and site stewardship, and pioneering efforts to transform a Southern plantation into a site for racial conciliation. Readers will come to see Drayton Hall's people not as stereotypes, but as the real people they were -- and are. Maps, photographs, lines of descent, interview questions, a how-to guide, and related website, all provide blueprints for readers who wish to undertake similar endeavors to build community in today's world.

Author: George W. McDaniel
ISBN-10: 1929647670
ISBN-13: 9781929647675
Publisher: Evening Post Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2022
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.30d