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    The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home
    The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home
    The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home
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    The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home

    By Jim Harrison

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    With its fanlike evergreen fronds, soft trunk, and strong root system, the palmetto is a wind-adapted palm that can bend with strong sea breezes without breaking or being uprooted. Emblematic of survival against opposition, the palmetto tree has captured the imaginations of South Carolinians for generations, appearing on the state seal since the American Revolution and on the state flag since 1861. The palmetto was named South Carolina's official state tree by Governor Burnet R. Maybank in 1939, and in 1974 Governor John C. West commissioned acclaimed South Carolina artist Jim Harrison to paint the official palmetto tree portrait for the State of South Carolina, an image that adorns the State House to this day. The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home showcases the timeless, natural beauty of the state tree in marshland and coastal landscapes in the popular Harrison style.

    Appearing on glassware, stationery, jewelry, and many other decorative and functional objects, the palmetto tree is an omnipresent symbol in South Carolina culture. For Harrison, the palmetto remains foremost an icon of the wondrous Carolina coastal habitats. Sweeping images of the coast have been part of Harrison's art since the beginning of his career, and he continues to illustrate his love of the South Carolina coast by capturing the beauty of the state tree amid the many stunning and enchanting scenes included here.

    The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home also explores the historical background of the tree and its many ties to South Carolina's heritage as a symbol of strength and beauty worthy of this artistic celebration.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of South Carolina Press
    Release dateFeb 19, 2013
    ISBN9781611171952
    The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home
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    Jim Harrison

    Jim Harrison is a poet, novelist and essayist. His trilogy, The Legend of the Falls, has been adapted for film.

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      The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home - Jim Harrison

      The Palmetto

      and Its South Carolina Home

      Jim Harrison

      The University of South Carolina Press

      © 2012 University of South Carolina

      Cloth edition published by the University of South Carolina Press, 2012

      Ebook edition published in Columbia, South Carolina,

      by the University of South Carolina Press, 2013

      www.sc.edu/uscpress

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      The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition as follows:

      Harrison, Jim, 1936–

      The palmetto and its South Carolina home / Jim Harrison.

          p. cm.

      ISBN 978-1-61117-049-8 (cloth : alk. paper)

      1. Harrison, Jim, 1936– —Themes, motives. 2. Cabbage palmetto in art. 3. South Carolina—In art. 1. Title.

      ND237.H335A4 2011

      759.13—dc23                                                       2011031530

      Frontis: detail from The Palmettos

      ISBN 978-1-61117-195-2 (ebook)

      A special thank you to Margaret and Deidre, who patiently prodded, pushed, pulled, and helped get this book over the finish line

      Contents

      List of Illustrations

      About the Artist

      Deidre Martin

      The Palmetto: An Essay

      The Paintings

      South Carolina's Fascination

      with the Palmetto Tree

      Illustrations

      Figures

      Photograph of Jim Harrison

      Palmetto Tree Commission Letter

      Photograph of Gov. John C. West and Jim Harrison

      Governor's Order of the Palmetto Letter

      Photograph of Gov. Mark Sanford and Jim Harrison

      The State Flag of South Carolina

      The Great Seal of South Carolina

      The South Carolina Quarter

      The University of South Carolina Logo

      Plates

      Three Palmettos in the Sand

      Big Palmetto

      Palmettos in Marsh

      Beach and Palmettos

      Dark Day on the Marsh

      Stormy Palmetto

      Palmetto Sunrise

      Marsh

      Marsh Creek

      Palmetto and Sunrise

      Orange and Brown Sunset

      Palmetto Sunset

      Palmetto Trees

      Palmettos

      Palmettos and Marsh

      Storm Clouds over Marsh

      Palmettos in the Morning

      The Palmettos

      Palmettos in the Sand

      Palmettos in Dunes

      Dunes and Palmettos

      Sky and Palmetto

      Three Palmettos

      Palmetto Christmas 2007

      Palmetto Christmas 2008

      Palmetto Christmas 2009

      Palmetto Barn

      About the Artist

      JIM HARRISON LOVES SOUTH CAROLINA and rural America. With a passion for preserving a part of our country that is beginning to slip away far too quickly, he evokes a true appreciation for the old and forgotten. He sees beauty at every turn. His paintings of landscapes and seascapes, old buildings and barns, allow Harrison, in his tranquil way, to place you in his work…therefore placing you in his life. He can make you enjoy the skies that you

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