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Overview
This exciting new series gives young readers their first in-depth look at the United States. Each volume provides a colorful, comprehensive portrait of a state's history, people, land, economy, and government. Readers will enjoy the "Fun Facts" sprinkled throughout each book and learn even more about state facts, symbols, and famous people. A chapter on "Things to See and Do" explores each state's unique places and activities. Each title includes a time line, biographies of notable people, informative maps and charts, a glossary, recommended books and Web sites, and an index.
South Carolina, the birthplace of musicians James Brown and Dizzy Gillespie, was the first Southern state to secede from the Union, and the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter. The Civil War and the Great Depression hit the state's economy hard. Today, many of the people in South Carolina are employed by the state's vital manufacturing and tourism industries. Visitors to South Carolina are drawn to reminders of the Palmetto State's past, such as plantation museums and gardens, and Revolutionary and Civil War monuments, as well as to the state's beautiful Atlantic beaches and other natural treasures.