<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/194d785/2147483647/strip/false/crop/790x440+0+0/resize/790x440!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwltr%2Ffiles%2F201909%2FDorotheaBentonFrank.jpg" alt="Dorothea Benton Frank"><figcaption>(Courtesy of Harper Collins)</figcaption></figure>On Monday, September 2, 2019, South Carolina lost a beloved author. Dorothea Benton Frank, author of 20 best-selling novels set in the Lowcountry, <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/news/dorothea-benton-frank-beloved-lowcountry-author-dies/article_2edf885a-c28e-11e9-b66b-53e5afc049bc.html" data-cms-ai="0">died at the age of 67 after a brief illness</a>.We’d like to share with you an excerpt of Dottie Frank’s last visit with us at Walter Edgar's Journal, broadcast August 14, 2015.<ul><li><a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/post/walter-edgars-journal-030718-dorothea-benton-frank-tony-tackaberry" data-cms-ai="0">&nbsp; Listen to Dorothea Benton Frank's first appearance on Walter Edgar's Journal</a></li></ul>

Remembering Hurricane Hugo

From books to barbecue, and current events to Colonial history, historian and author Walter Edgar delves into the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.