The Life of Gen. Francis Marion, a Celebrated Partizan Officer, in the Revolutionary War against the British and Tories, in South-Carolina and Georgia.
Baltimore: M. L. Weems, 1814. 12mo (172 x 102 mm). Contemporary tree sheep. Condition : foxing and staining; worn, front joint starting. Second edition (and among the earliest obtainable). "General Horry furnished the facts, Parson Weems the rhetoric; so much of that Horry became indignant and disclaimed all connection with the book. Unabashed, Weems continued its publication through many editions" (Howes). Howes H650; Sabin 33044.
The Life of Gen. Francis Marion, a Celebrated Partizan Officer, in the Revolutionary War against the British and Tories, in South-Carolina and Georgia.
Baltimore: M. L. Weems, 1814. 12mo (172 x 102 mm). Contemporary tree sheep. Condition : foxing and staining; worn, front joint starting. Second edition (and among the earliest obtainable). "General Horry furnished the facts, Parson Weems the rhetoric; so much of that Horry became indignant and disclaimed all connection with the book. Unabashed, Weems continued its publication through many editions" (Howes). Howes H650; Sabin 33044.
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