Life of Francis Marion

William Gilmore Simms

Verlag: Henry Langley Astor House, New York, 1845

Beschreibung

Original gilt brown cloth with engraved title page of the Swamp Fox of South Carolina. this is the first and most compelling account of the life of Francis Marion by South Carolina's own great historian W. Gilmore Simms, author of the History of South Carolina, it is Howes S 479. and precedes the 1845 later book issued by Moore in Philadelphia and the 1847 Horry version. SCARCE printing. References abound for this book and for its author. Marion was a father of modern guerrilla warfare with hit and run tactics which was ahead of his times, he rallied the rural people to his side and used them for intelligence about British tactics and positions, and knew the lay of the land, thus he is called the Swamp Fox, after leading a British general on a futile pursuit a pretty copy was the inspiration for a long running TV Series by Disney. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 101037

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Life of Francis Marion

Verlag: Henry Langley Astor House, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1845

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage