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Letters of a Japanese School Boy in Charleston spoof
Wallace Irwin presents a humorous Charleston tour through the voice of a Japanese student and his cousin Nogi. The piece wanders from palmistry to Greek temples and antebellum houses, mixing Colonial names and local lore with light satire of American manners and Charleston’s old money families. The narrator ribbings include playful battles over real history and city charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Irwin
Charleston
Enterprise
Palm Beach
Nogi
Sons of Yamato Drug Store & Saloon
Togo
North Pole
Arabia Manganese
Perth
Peanut Archipelago
Gass
S. C
Owen Wisger
Florida
Uncle Tom
Jamestown
Johnstown
Williamsburg
Elt
Saddishi
Shoar
Anny
Tequire Nogi
Cable
Chas
Detroit
Rutledge
Carolina
Pat Richian
Hugers
U. G
Smiths
Rhett
Landgrave Smith
America
Shakespeare
Adam
Eden
Wishteria
Annie Lowell
S. Carolina
Nogt
Barney Baruch
Expalin