The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina

by William Gilmore Simms

Overview

Viewed from today's perspective, The Yemassee dramatically and unflinchingly bares the manipulation, exploitation, and eventual genocide of a proud indigenous nation that preferred extinction to the surrender of its land and the subjugation of its people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783744674409
Publisher:	Bod Third Party Titles
Publication date:	05/05/2019
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 1.02(d)

Editorial Reviews

Simms (1806-1870) wrote novels and short fiction dealing with pre- colonial and colonial warfare with Native Americans, and with the American frontier. The subject of the novel presented here (with introduction, historical background, and notes) is the Yemassee (or Yamassee) Indians who occupied the coastal areas of South Carolina in the late 1600s and early 1700s and had considerable interaction with the colonists, the Spanish in Florida, and other tribes of the area. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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