HEROIC INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF GENERAL FRANCIS MARION
1907 · Raleigh; Charlotte, N.C.
by Clarkson, Heriot
Raleigh; Charlotte, N.C.: Commercial Printing Company; Honeycutt Printing Co, 1907. 8; [29]pp. Two issues. Modern three-quarter morocco and cloth boards, spines gilt. Second part with original wrappers. Small bookplates on rear pastedowns. Wrappers slightly creased, with a small tear at foot of rear. Front wrapper with ink ownership and provenance notation. Light tanning. Very good. Two printings of an address detailing the life and exploits of Francis Marion by one of his descendants in 1907 before the Society of the Cincinnati in Charlotte, N.C. Marion, "the Swamp Fox," led groups of militia in the Carolinas during the American Revolution known for their nascent form of guerilla tactics. The first part offered here is an alternate printing of the introduction to part two. OCLC 6011120, 9034407 (Inventory #: WRCAM51846)