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There are few if any pictures in American military history stranger than Francis Marion, and certainly none more appealing.

With little help General Marion organized a crowd of backwoodsman into a brigade which without pay, often without enough ammunition and, living as they could off the country, carried on a practically private war against redcoats and Tories during the Revolution.

Marian's raids on their outposts and supply trains so troubled the British, who could never catch him, that they called him the Swamp Fox.

When General Nathanael Greene came to head the southern department of the American army, South Carolina was in the tight fist of the British. Greene was quick to enlist the aid of Marion's little band of irregulars. They struck the enemy again and again, to such effect that Greene counted them of incomparable help in knocking out the chain of enemy forts.

Little wonder that in his native South Carolina Francis Marion stands superb and unique. He now belongs to the nation, and readers of all ages will be held spellbound by this excellent account of his life and the part he played in a crucial period of our history.

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Stewart H. Holbrook

Stewart H. Holbrook

1893 - 1964
American
Stewart H. Holbrook was born in Vermont, served with a New England regiment of field artillery in France during World War I, then migrated to the Am... See more
Ernest Richardson

Ernest Richardson

1900 - 1981
American
Ernest Richardson has lived in Oregon most of his life. He studied first in Los Angeles, next went to Paris and the Academy Julian, and then to the ... See more

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The Swamp Fox of the Revolution Reprint

The Swamp Fox of the Revolution
Reprinted in 2008 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Available formats: Paperback
Series: Sterling Point Books Members Only
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Plumfield Moms Podcast
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Landmark Books: What They Are and Why They Matter
Released in 2022 by Plumfield Moms Podcast
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 52 min.
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Two-part episode hosted by Podcast Moms with guests Sandy Hall (Hall's Living Library), Jill Morgan (Purple House Press), and Tanya Arnold (Biblioguides) where they discuss the Landmark series, how they came to be and why they are worth adding to a home library.


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The Swamp Fox of the Revolution
This interesting and well-written biography of Francis Marion not only gives insight into the life of a unique and inspiring man...

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