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The scout: [or, The Black riders of Congaree] : with introduction and explanatory notes (The Revolutionary ...
William Gilmore Simms

Published for the Southern Studies Program, University of South Carolina [by] the Reprint Co, 1976

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1864 edition by W. J. Widdleton, New York.

Pelayo: A Story Of The Goth V1 (1838)
William Gilmore Simms

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008

The Simms Reader: Selections from the Writings of William Gilmore Simms (Southern Texts Society)
William Gilmore Simms

University of Virginia Press, 2001

Long considered a leading literary figure of the Old South, William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) wrote letters, novels, short fiction, drama, essays, and poetry in his prolific career. Born in Charleston to an old South Carolina family of modest means and raised by a grandmother with whom his father left him after his mother's death, Simms felt a simultaneous sense of loyalty to and alienation from his native region. He was a major ...

The Life of Francis Marion

4 reviews
William Gilmore Simms

The History Press, 2007

Incredible edition of a underused work
Sean Busick has done us all a wonderful service by bringing back to print William Gilmore Simms's Life of Marion. It's a classic work of historical narrative suitable for most readers. Not only does Simms provide a interesting account of the life of one of early America's most courageous figures, he captures the complicated and often turbulent world of Revolutionary South Carolina.

A City Laid Waste: The Capture, Sack, And Destruction of the City of Columbia

1 review
William Gilmore Simms

University of South Carolina Press, 2005

Primary Document Finally Available
This eye-witness account of US troop atrocities on civilians can no longer be hidden. Scholars may have had an excuse for ignoring it, but now that excuse is removed by this easily available, beautifully produced university press edition. The majority of the so-called historians who have attributed the burning of Columbia SC to accident, alcohol, burning cotton, etc., are now shown to be the ...

The Cassique of Kiawah

1 review
William Gilmore Simms

History Press, 2005

One of the Finest Novels of Its Decade
The 1850s was the decade F.O. Matthiessen called the American Renaissance. This novel should be added to the list of the best literature of that era. Simms's WOODCRAFT should also be included. We are indeed fortunate to have the novel back in print once again, since its most recent publication in the 1980s.

The Golden Christmas

3 reviews
William, Gilmore Simms, David, Aiken

University of South Carolina Press, 2005

A Golden Time
Lou Towles's THE PALMERS OF SANTEE publishes a collection of letters that originate in the time and place of Simms's novel of manners. They prove with priimary sources the accuracy of Simms's portrayal here. That this civilised world was invaded and destroyed with malice a decade later makes the loss a tragedy indeed. No longer will the historian be able to see these folks as "monsters" ...

Confession, Or, The Blind Heart: A Domestic Story
William Gilmore Simms

Ditzion Press, 2008

But of the world-the heart, the mind of man, How happy could we know FAUST. What can we know P Who dares bestow the lnfttnt his true name The few who felt and knew, but blindly gave Their knowledge to the multitude-they fell Incapable to keep their full hearts in, They, from the first df immemol. little time, Were crucified or hurnt.

Martin Faber
William Gilmore Simms

ReadHowYouWant, 2006

ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you. A short murder-mystrey novel by Simms. It portrays a criminal, ...