Sterling Point Books®: The Swamp Fox of the Revolution

by Holbrook, Stewart H.

• ISBN13: 9781402757037
• ISBN10: 1402757034
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Welcome back one of the most beloved and requested histories for children! It relates a little known but crucial episode in the Revolutionary War, one that inspired the fictional motion picture,The Patriotin 2000. With no pay and little ammunition, a small band of backwoodsmen carried on a private war with the British redcoats in South Carolina during the American Revolution. Led by Francis Marion, these guerilla fighters struck fear into the hearts of the English as time and time again they ambushed soldiers and knocked out a string of forts before disappearing mysteriously into the swamps. Marion's unorthodox tactics demoralized and terrified the Redcoats so much that they were eventually driven from the South.

Table of Contents

A Word to The Reader	p. ix
The Swamp Fox Gets His Name	p. 1
Marion's Brigade in Action	p. 11
Victory at Tarcote Swamp	p. 24
Attack on Georgetown Fails	p. 38
What Happened at the Cowpens	p. 46
The Chase of Colonel Watson	p. 56
Marion's Hide-out is Discovered	p. 68
The Brigade Takes Fort Watson	p. 79
Fort Motte Proves Tough	p. 92
The Brigade Uses Bows and Arrows	p. 104
The Battle of Eutaw Springs	p. 115
End of the Revolution	p. 126
Old Soldier at Home	p. 136
Index	p. 141
About the Author	p. 147
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