The Horry County Museum and the AVX Foundation will offer a lecture and book signing for the new publication, Sandy Island…forever: A Collaboration of Essays & Images on Saturday, November 14^th at 1:00 PM.

Sandy Island…forever includes a general history of the island’s plantations researched and written by Susan Hoffer McMillan with vintage and current photographs, the role of the Huntingtons of Brookgreen Gardens by Robin R. Salmon with vintage photographs, Vennie Deas Moore’s snapshot of Sandy Island in 1997, and Virginia and Dana Beach’s recounting of the conservation efforts that culminated successfully that same year. The concluding chapter is a pictorial natural history tour of the island, with original images by Anne Swift Malarich and other photographers, illustrating all that has been preserved. Books will be available after the program for purchase.

Sandy Island … forever is also available at the Myrtle Beach Art Museum, Brookgreen Gardens’ Keepsakes, Art Works in the Litchfield Exchange, Litchfield Books, The Original Hammock Shop, My Sisters Books, and the Rice Museum. The book sells for $40; proceeds after printing expenses will assist the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge in the maintenance of service vehicles on the island. For more information, contact Linda Ketron at 843.235.9600 or linda@classatpawleys.com.

The program will be held in the McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street, Conway S.C. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.