SC State communications instructor releases enhanced, expanded version of bird book
The 11-inch by 8.5-inch, full-color, 140-page coffee table book (ISBN # 978-0-9847498-5-0) features 60 different types of birds all photographed in the offbeat setting of Magnolia Cemetery, the grand, historic Charleston Victorian necropolis that dates to 1850.
Harwood’s first “Birds of Magnolia Cemetery” book was published in 2011. During the summer of 2024, he completed a project to reformat the book in Adobe inDesign, the software he used to write and lay out his subsequent books. He also utilized Adobe Photoshop to boost resolution and sharpen each of the book’s several hundred photographs.
After adding bird images that were not in the 2011 book, Harwood realized the project warranted a second edition. The expanded version features a dozen new birds and a dozen more pages. Roseate Spoonbills, Bald Eagles and Merlins are among the bird types added to the new book.
My Book Printer of Madison Heights, Michigan printed the volume. The book is available for $39.95 on Harwood’s Amazon author site and from the author directly.
For more information, contact Harwood at birdseyeviewspublications@gmail.com or through his website at mybirdseyeviews.blogspot.com.
Harwood has previously published “In the Arms of Angels: Magnolia Cemetery- Charleston’s Treasure of History, Mystery and Artistry,” “Stories from the Underground: The Churchyards of Charleston,” and “Nature-ly Fun: Bird Photography from A to Z.”
Harwood has taught communication courses at SC State University since 2014. Before that, he worked for more than two decades at the College of Charleston in public relations then teaching. He holds degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and Northwestern University.