William Gilmore Simms

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William Gilmore Simms


1806-1870 (Click to enlarge)

William Gilmore Simms published eighteen volumes of poetry, thirty volumes of fiction, biographies, essays, and articles, all before the Civil War. Below is a selection of his better known works:

Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal, 1833
The Yemassee. A Romance of Carolina,1835
The Life of Francis Marion (Gutenberg text)
The Wigwam and the Cabin, 1845
The Sword and the Distaff, 1852
Woodcraft, 1854
The Partisan: A Romance of the Revolution; 1856.

For a complete discussion of the works, see:
The Writings of William Gilmore Simms. Centennial edition. Columbia: U of South Carolina P, 1969.