Project Gutenberg 2025-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 270 Otis, James 1848 1912 Kaler, James Otis Orton, James K. Kennedy, J. W. Kennedy, J. W. F. Kennedy, J. W. Ferguson 07025053 The Minute Boys of South Carolina : $b A story of "How we boys aided Marion the Swamp Fox" $aBoston :$bDana Estes & Company, $c1907. Aaron Adrignola, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) The Minute Boys of South Carolina : A story of "How we boys aided Marion the… by James Otis is a juvenile historical adventure novel written in the early 20th century. Set during the American Revolution in South Carolina, it follows teen narrator Rufus Randolph and his friends—most notably Gabriel Marion, brother of Francis Marion—as they organize a “Minute Boys” company and assist the famed “Swamp Fox” in partisan warfare against British regulars and Tory auxiliaries. The opening of the story frames the tale as Rufus’s own letters, after a brief historical recap of Charleston’s fall, Clinton’s harsh proclamation, and the rise of partisan leaders like Francis Marion operating from Snow’s Island. In Charleston, Rufus and Gabriel plan to flee and form a boys’ unit, recruit Archie Gordon, and warily include Seth Hastings, who promptly betrays them to redcoats; the boys escape by skiff under fire. They reach Gabriel’s home, secure mounts and the loyal guide Peter, link up en route with the Marshall brothers, and make a hard push through ferries and swamps to Marion’s camp. Reporting an enemy column under Major Gainey, they witness Marion’s surprise night strike at Britain’s Neck, which scatters the foe and yields vital supplies—though Seth slips away—and two prisoners warn of a larger force under Captain Barfield upriver; Marion then tasks the boys to volunteer for a swift, risky reconnaissance, sending them off light and wary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/minuteboysofsout00otis 20221207183333otis 1907 us Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Marion, Francis, 1732-1795 -- Juvenile fiction South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: American Literature 583173 2025-07-30T08:28:15.789363 text/html 556884 2025-07-15T00:44:02 text/html 1362117 2025-07-30T08:28:24.888352 application/epub+zip 1358193 2025-07-30T08:28:17.623395 application/epub+zip 585757 2025-07-30T08:28:16.620383 application/epub+zip 2449989 2025-07-30T08:28:30.228338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2199030 2025-07-30T08:28:23.932316 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533419 2025-07-30T08:28:14.608378 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 513393 2025-07-15T00:44:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14861 2025-07-30T08:28:30.383295 application/rdf+xml 29612 2025-07-30T08:28:16.847356 image/jpeg 4281 2025-07-30T08:28:16.732349 image/jpeg 2353914 2025-07-30T08:28:15.883390 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Prentice, Harry en.wikipedia