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Language
  
English

Pages
  
Two vol. (1835 ed.)

Author
  
William Gil Simms

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Publication date
  
April 1835

Originally published
  
April 1835

Country
  
United States of America

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Publisher
  
Harper & Brothers (New York)

Similar
  
William Gil Simms books, Classical Studies books

The Yemassee: a romance of Carolina is an 1835 novel by American writer William Gilmore Simms. It was a popular bestseller during its time and became Simms's best known novel.

Overview

Simms had recently published his book Guy Rivers and its success convinced him that writings on American themes could be effective. His first reference to the book that became The Yemassee came in a letter dated July 19, 1834, in which he wrote that he was "digesting the plan of an Indian tale—a story of an early settlement and of an old tribe in Carolina".

The book's plot is set in the low country of South Carolina in the early 18th century. It was released in April 1835 to positive critical reviews. The New York Times, for example, wrote of the reviewer's "extreme delight" in the book which "permanently established" a reputation for the author. The Baltimore American wrote that the book put Simms "among the first class of modern novelists".

References

The Yemassee Wikipedia