Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Country by DuBose Heyward (1885 - 1940) and Hervey Allen (1889 - 1949)

This is a collection of poems about Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry. DuBose Heyward was a Charleston native best known for his novel Porgy , which was the basis for the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess . Hervey Allen, who later wrote Anthony Adverse , met Heyward after moving to Charleston to teach. Together they founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina, which is still active today. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)