The SIMMs Reader: Selections from the Writings of William Gilmore SIMMs

by William Gilmore Simms

Long considered a leading literary figure of the Old South, William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) wrote letters, novels, short fiction, drama, essays, and poetry in his prolific career. Born in Charleston to an old South Carolina family of modest means and raised by a grandmother with whom his father left him after his mother's death, Simms felt a simultaneous sense of loyalty to and alienation from his native region. He was a major intellectual figure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813920191
• ISBN13: 9780813920191
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher