Theodosia Burr Alston Portrait of a Prodigy

Richard N. ("Dick") Cote is the author of two biographies: Theodosia Burr Alston: Portrait of a Prodigy and of Mary's World: Love, War, and Family Ties in Nineteenth-century South Carolina. He also authored a mother-daughter novel, The Redneck Riviera, set in contemporary Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dick majored in political science and journalism at Butler University. He spent six years in the U.S. Air Force, and then eight years conducting historical research and writing in Wisconsin. In the fall of 1979 he joined the staff of the South Carolina Historical Society, where he worked for four years before turning to writing full-time. During the 1980s and early 1990s he delved into South Carolina biography, social history, plantation life and culture, and architecture. He draws on all of these wells of information for his books. Dick lives in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., where he writes, lectures, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Corinthian Books.Cote, Richard N. is the author of 'Theodosia Burr Alston Portrait of a Prodigy', published 2002 under ISBN 9781929175314 and ISBN 1929175310.