The Life of General Francis Marion, A Celebrated Partizan Officer, in the Revolutionary War against the British and Tories, in South-Carolina and Georgia

Brigadier General Peter Horry; Mason L. Weems

Baltimore, Printed for the Rev. M.L. Weems, by W.D. Bell & J.F. Cook, 1814

Second ed. Poor condition. 12mo. Bound in contemporary calf.   Front hinge strengthened.  Marginal tears, with recent restoration work.  Marginal tear near spine.   270 pages. Scattered staining.  Early signatures of J.P. Butcher, William M. A. Wright.   

Gen. Francis Marion ("The Swamp Fox") commanded the 2nd South Carolina regiment in the American Revolution.  He successfully fought British troops from 1779-1782, much of the time engaging in guerrilla warfare.  Gen. Horry served with Marion and wrote a manuscript of his experiences and recollections.  Horry provided the manuscript to Parson Weems, who added material.  "Though bearing Horry's name on the title page, this was ... the production of Weems, to whom Horry ... furnished the materials."- Duyckinck, Cycl. Amer. lit., 1875, v. 1, p. 508. Weem's liberties were so great "that Horry became indignant and disclaimed all connection with the book." - Sabin. Howes H-650. Shaw & Shoemaker 33636, 33637.  First published in 1809.