Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion

by Dr. Robert D. Bass

Overview

One of the most fascinating figures of the American Revolution, General Francis Marion slipped in and out of the Carolina swamps to strike sudden, devastating blows against the British. Cutting through the Swamp Fox legend, Robert D. Bass has arrived at a realistic and fascinating appraisal of this military genius with this 1959 literary work.
"[A] close but spirited chronology of the raids and routs [General Francis Marion] led against the British. A humane man, a dedicated soldier with a devotion to duty and a worship of liberty, [he] was also a taciturn, moody and introverted character. With an intuitive sense of strategy, particularly that of the swift advance and the rapid retreat, he became a sound and savage fighter […] rose from the ranks as an unknown captain to become a Brigadier General. Here, bivouac by bivouac, are the lashes and the sieges in which he engaged; the daring rescue of 150 Rebel prisoners from Sumter's house; the bedevilment and the destruction of the British is small diversionary actions; and the indefatigable endurance of that gaunt, ill-kempt, gallant fighter who became a nemesis to Cornwallis and the entire British Army...."—Kirkus Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787206199
Publisher:	Papamoa Press
Publication date:	07/11/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	223
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

ROBERT DUNCAN BASS (September 25, 1904 - May 11, 1983) was an American writer.
Born in Scranton, South Carolina (Florence County) to a farmer, Fletcher Graves Bass, and Bertha (Matthews) Bass as the eldest of 11 children, he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve (1934-1940), reaching the rank of commander, and the U.S. Navy (1940-1946). He owned and operated WCQG radio station. He attended the Columbia Presbyterian Theological Seminary from 1925-1927, receiving his Bachelor's Degree in 1926, Master's Degree in 1927, and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1933. He continued his post-doctoral studies at the University of London, Cambridge University in 1951-1952, and Johns Hopkins University in 1952.
One of the nation's leading scholars of the American Revolution in South Carolina, Dr. Bass was a professor at several prestigious colleges and universities across the country, including the University of South Carolina (1927-1940), the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD (1941-1957), Furman University in Greenville, SC (1957-1963), and Erskine College in Due West, SC (1963-1965).
He turned to writing full-time in 1970 and published several books, including Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion; Gamecock: The Life and Campaigns of General Thomas Sumter; The Green Dragoon: The Lives of Banastre Tarleton and Mary Robinson; and Ninety Six: The Struggle for the South Carolina Backcountry.
He was inducted into the SC Hall of Fame in 1980, received an honorary plague from the American Revolution Round Table in 1959 for Swap Fox (Best Book on the Revolution), and was awarded a certificate of commendation from the American Association of State and Local History.
Dr. Bass was married to writer Virginia Wauchope and had two sons, Robert Wauchope and George Fletcher. He died in Marion County, SC in 1983 at the age of 78.

Born in Scranton, South Carolina (Florence County) to a farmer, Fletcher Graves Bass, and Bertha (Matthews) Bass as the eldest of 11 children, he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve (1934-1940), reaching the rank of commander, and the U.S. Navy (1940-1946). He owned and operated WCQG radio station. He attended the Columbia Presbyterian Theological Seminary from 1925-1927, receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in 1926, Master’s Degree in 1927, and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1933. He continued his post-doctoral studies at the University of London, Cambridge University in 1951-1952, and Johns Hopkins University in 1952.
One of the nation’s leading scholars of the American Revolution in South Carolina, Dr. Bass was a professor at several prestigious colleges and universities across the country, including the University of South Carolina (1927-1940), the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD (1941-1957), Furman University in Greenville, SC (1957-1963), and Erskine College in Due West, SC (1963-1965).
He turned to writing full-time in 1970 and published several books, including Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion; Gamecock: The Life and Campaigns of General Thomas Sumter; The Green Dragoon: The Lives of Banastre Tarleton and Mary Robinson; and Ninety Six: The Struggle for the South Carolina Backcountry.
He was inducted into the SC Hall of Fame in 1980, received an honorary plague from the American Revolution Round Table in 1959 for Swap Fox (Best Book on the Revolution), and was awarded a certificate of commendation from the American Association of State and Local History.
Dr. Bass was married to writer Virginia Wauchope and had two sons, Robert Wauchope and George Fletcher. He died in Marion County, SC in 1983 at the age of 78.