Beaufort, South Carolina, is the town where Pat grows up, attends high school, and returns to live and teach high school after college.
Yamacraw Island is located off the mainland coast of South Carolina.
Yamacraw is situated close to Savannah; the island residents go there for shopping and medical care.
The Citadel is a military college located in Charleston, South Carolina, and attended by Pat Conroy.
Bernie Schein is the principal of an elementary school in Port Royal where Pat and his wife, Barbara, buy a home.
The Yamacraw Elementary School is located in a white frame.....
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