Mark R. Jones

Wicked Charleston Volume Two: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition Mark R. Jones

The city of Charleston, South Carolina, with its matchless Southern charm, has sparkled gem-like on the Carolina coast for more than 300 years. The Holy City, as it is known, has been a cherished home to generations of Charlestonians and an inviting destination for visitors from all over the world, who come to gape at the city's grand mansions, tour its celebrated historic sites, and bask in both the warm sun and the famous Southern hospitality.

But below the gleaming surface of Charleston, there has always been a darker side--a second history that has been hidden and denied by those who retell the city's story, and by those who have lived it. Charleston has played host to a wide variety of unsavory characters, and has seen scores of sordid deeds played out on its cobbled streets, beneath flickering gaslights.

Wicked Charleston, Volume 2: Prostitutes, Politics and Prohibition is a captivating companion to Mark Jones's hugely popular Wicked Charleston. In this new book, Jones reveals more of the city's seedy history--from drinking and prostitution to murder and crooked politics--offering a rarely seen glimpse at a sinister side of Charleston's past.