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Title: A Interesting character, and well presented
Review: General Sumter was a significant egoist, but never fled from battle or from the face of danger. Between the Bass book on Francis Marion, known as The Swamp Fox, and Sumter, known as The Gamecock, these tow men caused Cornwallis and Tarleton unmitigated fear, discomfort and harassment. I had not recognized that South Carolina was the site of at least 3 times as many Revolutionary battles as any other colony and Sumter and marion figured strongly in the great majority.Bass did a superb job of research, gleaning information from private letters, dispatches to both sides, the British Museum, and many, many sources. He writes with an easy hand and makes no judgments , just reports the data as he found it. I liked both of these books and want to loan them to a British friend, but I am not sure i will get them back.
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