Pawleys Island
A Century of History and Photographs
Text by Lee G. Brockington
Photos compiled by Linwood Altman
Foreword by Cokie and Steve Roberts

Photography – History – Non-fiction
288 pages (Hardcover with jacket)
ISBN-13: 9780975349878

out of print

Pawleys Island: A Century of History and Photographs features more than 800 black-and-white pictures of life on Pawleys Island for the past 100 years. Organized by decade, the book captures the spirit of a very special place, with a foreword by long-time Pawleys devotees Cokie and Steve Roberts.

“But the breathing, beating heart of this place has not changed at all. Life is still lived by the rhythms of the day and the season. The sun still rises over the ocean and sets over the creek. The pelicans still fly, the flounder still bite, the sand is still warm and the tea is still cold. A walk on the beach is still one of life’s purest pleasures. As this book shows, that’s been true for well over 100 years. So let’s raise a glass to the next 100 years on Pawleys Island. ”

from the foreword

“I particularly love to walk the Pawleys beach in late afternoon, when tiny brown water birds race down to the surf for food, and then scurry away from the next wave. Teenage girls, taller and more colorful than shorebirds, twitter together as they walk, then bend over on their gangly legs, poking the sand for shells. One of our own trophies, a conch, turned out to be still occupied, and crawled halfway across the room in which we had left it. Fishermen, six packs nestling in icy coolers, cast their lines and cares into the surf. A grandmother dips a baby into the waves in a baptismal ritual. A boy grabs a dead crab, and shakes it menacingly at a terrified younger sibling. ”

STEVE ROBERTS, The New York Times