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From Humble Beginnings to a South Carolina Writer
Idella Bodie of Aiken, a prolific South Carolina author, grew up on a Ridge Spring farm with 13 relatives on each side. She began as a teacher and published The Secret of the Telfair Inn with Sandlapper, later writing The Ghost in the Capitol and The Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure set in Columbia and Charleston. Her biographical works include South Carolina Women and Archibald Rutledge biography, with a current project on Native Americans of Georgia and South Carolina.
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