First published in 1881, Lyman Draper's King's Mountain and Its Heroes is a treasured chronicle of the important American victory at King's Mountain on October 7, 1780. Draper (1815 - 1891) was a librarian and researcher who spent decades collecting rare manuscripts, memoirs, letters, and artifacts relating to the battle. Today the book remains not only one of the best accounts ever written about King's Mountain, but also an important reference for modern historians, considered in the canon of American Revolution histories.
King's Mountain and Its Heroes is far more than just a standard battlefield account. Rather, it is a history of the months and days leading up to the battle in what was then the border of the American frontier-the western Carolinas and Virginia, east Georgia and east Tennessee. By October 1780, this entire region had erupted into bloody civil war following the British conquest of South Carolina that May, with decisive consequences for the outcome of the American Revolution. And when a talented, aggressive British officer named Patrick Ferguson marched into this powder keg, challenging a colony of rugged mountaineers, the famed Overmountain Men, it was like striking a match.
Long out of print, King's Mountain and Its Heroes is presented here in an abridged version edited by Andrew Waters in clear, modern text. An inveterate researcher, Draper's all-inclusive style is rich with folkloric accounts of frontier life and culture but can be a challenge for modern readers seeking a sleeker narrative. This abridgement streamlines Draper's account, focusing on the main story of the battle, its circumstances and aftermath, and the men who played a decisive role in it.
Andrew Waters is the editor of The Battle of Cowpens: Primary & Contemporary Accounts. A resident of Spartanburg, South Carolina, he is the author of two histories of the American Revolution: The Quaker and the Gamecock: Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and the Revolutionary War for the Soul of the South and To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan. His writing also appears at The Journal of the American Revolution (allthingsliberty.com) and elsewhere on the Internet.
Автор: C. Draper Lyman Название: King`s Mountain and its heroes: history of the Battle of King`s Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the events which led to it ISBN: 9389397286 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789389397284 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 37880.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Автор: Withers Alexander Scott, Draper Lyman Copeland, Thwaites Reuben Gold Название: Chronicles of Border Warfare. New Edition, Edited and Annotated by R. G. Thwaites ... with the Addition of a Memoir of the Author, and Notes by L. C. ISBN: 1296026906 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781296026905 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 47510.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
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Автор: Hesseltine William Best Название: Pioneer`s Mission: The Story of Lyman Copeland Draper ISBN: 1258364522 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258364526 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 48990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Draper Lyman Copeland Название: King`s Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King`s Mountain, October 7th, 1780, and the Events Which Led to It ... with ... Portraits, Ma ISBN: 1296024598 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781296024598 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 39170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
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