Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution

Godbold, E. Stanly & Woody, Robert H.

ISBN 10: 0870493620 / ISBN 13: 9780870493621

Published by University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN, 1982

About this Item

Gorgeous and inexplicably scarce 1st Edition of this interesting revolutionary War history, Inscribed and signed by both authors on the title page. "Christopher Gadsden (1724 - 1805) was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, a merchant, and the designer of the Gadsden flag." - Wiki Grey cloth. Square tight binding. Clean Interior. Fine jacket presents handsomely in archival mylar. A lovely copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution
• Publisher: University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870493620
• ISBN 13: 9780870493621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography
  • Revolutionary War
  • History
  • Americana

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Synopsis

Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution is the biography of the 'Sam Adams of the South.' It recreates the life of South Carolina's foremost patriot during the American Revolution and illuminates further that large part of American history. This book contains the known details of Gadsden's personal life as well as thorough analysis of his political and military careers.