His bloodstream lit up my own with a passion for the city that I've never lost nor ever will. Charleston was my father's ministry, his hobbyhorse, his quiet obsession, and the great love of his life. He was talking about Charleston, South Carolina, and he was a native son, peacock proud of a town so pretty it makes your eyes ache with pleasure just to walk down its spellbinding, narrow streets. It was my father who called the city the Mansion on the River. Read an excerpt of the book below and head to the "GMA" Library for more good reads. "South of Broad" shows the importance that place plays in shaping people's identities. The group's anchor and school principal, Leopold Bloom King, narrates the story as these friends carve out various careers in journalism, law enforcement, Hollywood and music. They are privileged and poor, black and white. 24, 2009— - A group of teens form a lasting bond in Charleston, S.C., in 1969 just as Southern society is in the midst of dramatic change.
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