The Life of General Francis Marion,: A Celebrated Partisan Officer, in the Revolutionary War, Against the British and Tories in South Carolina and Geo [Paperback]

Peter Horry (Author), Mason Locke Weems (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2000

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895871963
• ISBN-13: 978-0895871961
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,366,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > United States

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's not about poor Marion:, March 4, 2001

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Michael A. Barnes (Kodiak, Alaska United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Life of General Francis Marion,: A Celebrated Partisan Officer, in the Revolutionary War, Against the British and Tories in South Carolina and Geo (Paperback)

Poor, good and brave General Francis Marion. A true american hero. What a hack job this book is. This book is actually about General Peter Horry, who served with Marion during our American Revolution and uses poor Marion as a backdrop to blow his (Horry's) egotistic horn. Some may accept the author Weems, use of flowery language as "the style of the times," but it is no more than silly platitudes towards Marion, that quickly become offensive as one realizes the real purpose was/is to build up Horry through association with the great Marion. Horry just isn't up to the compairson. This is not a book worthy of it's proported subject.

36 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars LIFE OF FRANCIS MARION....., June 29, 2000

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candice jenkins - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Life of General Francis Marion,: A Celebrated Partisan Officer, in the Revolutionary War, Against the British and Tories in South Carolina and Geo (Paperback)

THIS BOOK IS ONE ONE THAT MAKES THE SWAMP FOX GLOW. ITS PREFACE ALLOWS THE READER TO SEE THAT IT WAS WRITTEN BY REV. WEEMS WHO HAS A VERY ROMANTIC VIEW OF THIS FINE REVOLUTIONARY OFFICER. IN THIS BOOK THE GENERAL CAN DO NO WRONG AND IS BASICALLY FLAWLESS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE AUTHOR STARTED THE MYTHS ABOUT WASHINGTON NEVER BEING ABLE TO TELL A LIE AND CHOPPING DOWN THE CHERRY TREE. OVERALL, IT IS A FEEL GOOD BOOK THAT MAKES ONE ROOT FOR THE CONTINENTALS. THE ONLY NEGATIVE IS THAT THE BOOKS SCOPE IS TOO BROAD, AND DRIFTS FROM THE SWAMP FOX TO OTHER PLAYERS IN THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE

5.0 out of 5 stars a good book, October 23, 2009

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Hazel West "highlandwriter15 (Author of 'Free... (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Life of General Francis Marion,: A Celebrated Partisan Officer, in the Revolutionary War, Against the British and Tories in South Carolina and Geo (Paperback)

I was really surprised at how good this book was for being written in the 1700s. But I found it to be a very good and helpful book for my research into the life of General Francis Marion. It had accurate information and brought out Marion's character well. A must read for anyone interested in Francis Marion or the Revolutionary War.