uscpress.com - Projects of the Simms Initiatives https://uscpress.com/ Count Julian; or, The Last Days of the Goth https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017544/Count-Julian-or-The-Last-Days-of-the-Goth
Count Julian; Or, the Last Days of the Goth provides one of the most intriguing textual histories of any of the author's numerous works. Conceived as a sequel to Simms's novel Pelayo, Count Ju…]]>
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The History of South Carolina https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017493/The-History-of-South-Carolina
The History of South Carolina strives to educate South Carolinian youth in the vibrant history of the state and the distinguished accomplishments of its leaders. In this book, Simms provides a…]]>
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War Poetry of the South https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017499/War-Poetry-of-the-South
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Simms collected southern poems that expressed the ardent, fiery, and unapologetic sectional patriotism exemplified by guerrilla warriors; this collection, wh…]]>
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Eutaw https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017500/Eutaw
Eutaw is the sequel to The Forayers, and the penultimate romance in Simms's Revolutionary War saga. It completes the story of the British withdrawal from their outpost at Ninety-Six, including…]]>
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The Charleston Book https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017508/The-Charleston-Book
One of the major American cities of the mid-19th century, Charleston was viewed by its citizens as a hub of culture and erudition equal to that of the other great cities of the time, including…]]>
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Stories and Tales https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017509/Stories-and-Tales
Stories and Tales is Volume V of the University of South Carolina's Centennial Edition of the writings of William Gilmore Simms. This volume contains fifteen stories and tales, chronologically…]]>
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Pelayo https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017543/Pelayo
William Gilmore Simms made one of the more curious decisions of his literary career by reworking a piece of verse-drama juvenilia into the novel Pelayo: A Story of the Goth, published in two v…]]>
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The Remains of Maynard Davis Richardson https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017548/The-Remains-of-Maynard-Davis-Richardson
One of Simms's most personal works, The Remains of Maynard Davis Richardson is an editorial project the writer undertook after his good friend Richardson's premature death in 1832. While detai…]]>
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The Army Correspondence of Colonel John Laurens https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017550/The-Army-Correspondence-of-Colonel-John-Laurens
The Army Correspondence of Colonel John Laurens is a collection which displays Simms's efforts of documentary editing in the vein of a similar project he published the prior year, Selections f…]]>
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Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017549/Selections-from-the-Letters-and-Speeches-of-the-Hon-James-H-Hammond
Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond compiles papers from this South Carolina congressman, governor, and senator.]]>
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