Publisher: Chicago, Belford, Clarke Publication date: 1885 Subjects: Indians of North America -- Fiction South Carolina -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
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This review is from: YEMASSEE: ROMANCE OF CAROLINA (Selected Fiction of William Gilmore Simms Arkansas Edition) (Hardcover)
This book was published first in 1835 but as 19th century novels go I found it fairly well-done, and holding my interest. There is a lot of melodrama, and the Indians are portrayed with some balance. There are some racist-like views, and a silly scene where Hector, a slave, begs his good master not to set him free. But the account is fast-moving and event follows rapidly on event. The scene is 1715 in South Carolina, and involves an Indian insurrection which actually happened, tho it is pretty hard to find much about it in history sources. Some of the speeches put in the mouths of characters in the extremely stressful situations in which they find themselves are not without humor to today's reader. It is said this is the best of Simms' novels, and knowing that makes me think some of his other novels might be fun to read--this one is.
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THERE IS a small section of country now comprised within the limits of Beaufort District, in the State of South Carolina, which, to this day, goes by the name of Indian Land. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blessed valley, broad arrow, evil deity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Block House, Sir Edmund, Master Harrison, Captain Harrison, Gabriel Harrison, Port Royal, Bess Matthews, Walter Grayson, Master Grayson, That Opitchi-Manneyto, Hear Opitchi-Manneyto, South Carolina, Dick Grimstead, Does Sanutee, John Matthews, Wat Grayson New!
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THERE IS a small section of country now comprised within the limits of Beaufort District, in the State of South Carolina, which, to this day, goes by the name of Indian Land. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
blessed valley, broad arrow, evil deity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Block House, Sir Edmund, Master Harrison, Captain Harrison, Gabriel Harrison, Port Royal, Bess Matthews, Walter Grayson, Master Grayson, That Opitchi-Manneyto, Hear Opitchi-Manneyto, South Carolina, Dick Grimstead, Does Sanutee, John Matthews, Wat Grayson New!
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- A Sober Desire For History: William Gilmore Simms As Historian by Sean R. Busick in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Simms Reader: Selections from the Writings of William Gilmore Simms (Southern Texts Society) by William Gilmore Simms on page 39, and Back Matter
- Quixotic Fictions of the USA 1792-1815 by Sarah F. Wood on page 89, and Back Matter
- The Professions of Authorship: Essays in Honor of Matthew J. Bruccoli by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli on page 133
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