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SAFE HARBOR BOOKS
978-0-9798226-0-5
0-9798226-0-2
$75.00 hardcover
10 1/2 x 11
44 photographs: 25 duotones, 10 full-color
Photography/Regional/History
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I never photograph anything I don't think is beautiful.
Shell Castle is the most soulfully beautiful place I've ever seen.
--Elizabeth Matheson
Shell Castle, a late eighteenth-century plantation house in Halifax County, North Carolina, remained in the same family for two centuries. This book documents the plantation during the last days of Charles Whitaker, the last member of the family who built Shell Castle. Additional photographs show the harm done by the new owners. The text and photographs are complemented by Catherine Bishir's essay, which places Shell Castle and its inhabitants in social and historical context.
about the author
Elizabeth Matheson is a native of Hillsborough, North Carolina. Her elegant photographs have been widely exhibited in numerous one-person shows.
Catherine W. Bishir has been involved with preservation and architectural history since 1971. She has published several significant guides to the historic architecture of North Carolina.
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