Bowden David Robert Weir (1 results)
Language: English
Published by Lexington, SC: The Sandlapper Store, Inc., 1977., 1977
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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First edition (as stated upon copyright page). 102, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some slight soiling and foxing, shallow chipping at spine head, some nicks and short tears at other edges. Gray cloth with red stamped spine lettering. A few leaves slightly thumbed at their fore-edges; faint f…oxing to endpapers; past owner's ink note at top of rear free endpaper recto with a total of three ink arrow marks beside bibliographic citations on pages 89, 93, and 94; no other such markings readily apparent upon a quick perusal and interior pages otherwise remain quite clean. Binding is firm. With b/w frontispiece portrait plus ten other b/w illustrations, Foreword by Robert M. Weir, Preface, two appendices (pages 79-85), Bibliography (pages 87-97), and Index. Historian David K. Bowden examines the circumstances surrounding the British execution of Isaac Hayne in 1781 in Charleston, South Carolina within four chapters titled as: "Life on the Pon Pon," "Capture and Execution," "Implications and Aftereffects," and "Epilogue: Patriot and Martyr." ISBN 0878440372.
