The Simms Reader presents a selection of his nonnovelistic work--letters, short fiction, essays, historical writings, poetry, and epigrams--chosen and introduced by the preeminent Simms scholar John Caldwell Guilds.
Seventh in the University of Arkansas Press's Simms Series, Poetry and the Practical is a clear, forceful rebuttal of arguments that would relegate poetry to the margins of life.
The battle of Eutaw Springs in 1781 that ended British domination of South Carolina is the focus of this historical novel that brings to life such notable figures as Francis Marion, Nathanael Greene, and Light-Horse Harry Lee and includes a ...