Dictionary Of American Biography Jasper Larkin

Author : Dumas Malone
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282924294
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 10 written by Dumas Malone and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 10: Jasper-Larkin Jasper's career has been made the subject of so much laudatory and fantastic writing that it is difficult to arrive at an accurate estimation Of his character. Moultrie's appraisal of him as a brave, active, stout, strong, enterprising man, and a very great partizan (moultrie, post, II, 24) would seem to be a just one. As a scout he was adventurous, trustworthy, and loyal, and a perfect Proteus in ability' to alter his appear ance; he could wear all disguises with admira ble ease and dexterity; and he was equally as remarkable for his cunning as for his bravery (garden, post, p. It is Said that he could neither read nor write, but the gist of a letter Of his, ill-written and w'orse spelt, is reproduced in Francis Bowen's Life of Benjamin Lincoln (p. An impressive monument has been erected to his memory in Savannah, and one of the redoubts at Fort Moultrie, Supposedly on the site of his valiant act in rescuing the flag, is called Jasper Battery in his honor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.