Life of General Francis Marion
Item #83900
HORRY, Peter. WEEMS, Mason Locke. The Life of General Francis Marion, a Celebrated Partizan Leader, in the Revolutionary War, against the British and Tories, in South-Carolina and Georgia. Philadelphia: M. Carey & Sons, 1822. 251pp. Six handcolored plates. Modern calf with red morocco spine label. Contemporary ownership signature and bookplate on front flyleaf. Light foxing and toning. Very good. Howes H-650. Shoemaker 11389. Self-styled eighth edition. Marion (c. 1732-1795), "the Swamp Fox," was one of the leading American commanders in the Revolution in the South. His brilliant operations in the Carolinas kept thousands of British troops tied down and contributed much to the Americans' ultimate victory. He was beloved by his contemporaries and after his death this book began the process of his ascent to legend. Horry (1743-1815), his second-in-command for part of the war, supplied many of the facts, although he allegedly disliked Weems' (1759-1825) more flowery passages and disclaimed any connection with the book. Nevertheless the book went through many editions (this edition not in Howes). With the bookplate of collector Charles R. Sanders on rear pastedown.
Price: $650.00