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Walter Edgar's Journal #071221: Dorothea Benton Frank

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Dorothea Benton Frank is the New York Times best-selling author of Shem Creek, Full Of Grace, and The Land of Mango Sunsets. A native of Sullivan's Island, who divides her time between New York City and the SC coast, she joins Dr. Edgar to talk about her latest book, The Christmas Pearl.

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Dr. Walter Edgar has two programs on South Carolina Public Radio: Walter Edgar's Journal, and South Carolina from A to Z. Dr. Edgar received his B.A. degree from Davidson College in 1965 and his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1969. After two years in the army (including a tour of duty in Vietnam), he returned to USC as a post-doctoral fellow of the National Archives, assigned to the Papers of Henry Laurens.