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William Gilmore Simms

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Gender Male
Death154 years ago
Date of birth April 17,1806
Zodiac sign Aries
Born Charleston
South Carolina
United States
Date of died June 11,1870
DiedCharleston
South Carolina
United States
Place of burialCharleston, South Carolina, United States
Job Lawyer
Poet
Historian
Novelist
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Date of Upd.
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The wigwam and the cabin
Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
The Life of Francis Marion
Mellichampe: A Legend of the Santee
The Partisan: A Romance of the Revolution
Tales of the South
The Golden Christmas: A Tale of Lowcountry Life
Letters of William Gilmore Simms
Sack and Destruction of the City of Columbia, S. C. : To which is Added a List of the Property Destroyed
The Cassique of Kiawah: A Colonial Romance
The Sword and the Distaff: Or, Fair, Fat and Forty. a Story of the South at the Close of the Revolution
Woodcraft, Or, Hawks about the Dovecote: A Story of the South at the Close of the Revolution
Beauchampe
Confession; Or, The Blind Heart: A Domestic Story
The Forayers
Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal
Richard Hurdis, a tale of Alabama
The Lily and the Totem: Or, The Huguenots in Florida
Charlemont, Or, The Pride of the Village: A Tale of Kentucky
Katharine Walton; Or, The Rebel of Dorchester
Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi
The History of South Carolina
Border Romances
William Gilmore Simms's Selected Reviews on Literature and Civilization
Pelayo: A Story of the Goth
Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary, and Contemplative
The Vision of Cortes, Cain, and Other Poems
Southward Ho! A Spell of Sunshine
The Lily and the Totem
Vasconselos: A Romance of the New World
Marie de Berniere: A Tale of the Crescent City, Etc. Etc. Etc
The Damsel of Darien
The Life of the Chevalier Bayard
The Scout, Or, The Black Riders of Congaree
Works of William Gilmore Simms
Selected Poems of William Gilmore Simms
Stories and Tales
Eutaw, a Sequel to the Forayers: Or, The Raid of the Dog-days, a Tale of the Revolution
Views and reviews in American literature, history and fiction
The Geography of South Carolina: Being a Companion to the History of that State
Helen Halsey, Or, The Swamp State of Conelachita: A Tale of the Borders
Beauchampe: Or, The Kentucky Tragedy, a Sequel to Charlemont
Beauchampe: The Kentucky Tragedy
The Life of Captain John Smith: The Founder of Virginia
Areytos, Or, Songs and Ballads of the South: With Other Poems
Carl Werner, an Imaginative Story: With Other Tales of Imagination
A Supplement to the Plays of William Shakspeare: Comprising the Seven Dramas
Poetry and the Practical
Martin Faber
Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal and Other Tales
The Yemassee
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William Gilmore Simms was an American writer and politician from the American South. Poet, novelist, and historian, his History of South Carolina served as the definitive textbook on state history for much of the 20th century.

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