Sandhills to Pinetuck and back: an autobiography and tales of the past / by Fuller A. Beach.

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Sandhills to Pinetuck and back: an autobiography and tales of the past / by Fuller A. Beach.

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Memoir of rural farm life in Colleton County, Walterboro, Charleston, and elsewhere in South Carolina and the United States. Topics discussed include perils of farm life for a young child; accounts of teachers and students from his grammar and high schools (1946-1952); student life at Clemson College (1952-1955); and University of Georgia (1956-1958). Other topics include the draft and deferral of his Army service until completion of college; training at Fort Jackson (1958); service at White Sands Missile Range (1958-1960), located in South-central New Mexico; Soil Conservation Service (1960-1962) at various locations around S.C.; employment at the Charleston Naval Shipyard (1962-1989); and elsewhere. Persons discussed include Dave Ritchie, Norman Knight, Marilyn Pate; Dora Mae Craven, and various members of the Beach family. Leisure topics discussed include hunting and fishing; hiking the Appalachian Trail; and childhood vacations at Edisto Beach, S.C.; Appendix I details design of the Pinetuck farm and homestead, with plan of house and layout of the fields and outbuildings (pp 170-173); Appendix II lists genealogy of Beach descendants (28 pp).

vi, 157, 28 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

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