Horse-Shoe Robinson
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Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency is an 1835 novel by John P. Kennedy that was a popular seller in its day.[1][2]
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Author | John P. Kennedy |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard / New York: Wiley and Long |
Publication date | 1835 |
Pages | 2 vol. (1835 U.S.); 3 vol. (1835 U.K.) |
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The novel was Kennedy's second, and proved to be his most popular. It is a work of historical romance of the American Revolution, set in the western mountain areas of the Carolinas and Virginia,[3] culminating at the Battle of Kings Mountain.[4][5]
The primary characters of the novel include Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton, General Charles Cornwallis, Horseshoe Robinson (so named because he was originally a blacksmith), Mary Musgrove and her lover John Ramsay, Henry and Mildred Lyndsay (patriots), Mildred's lover Arthur Butler (whom she secretly marries), and Habershaw with his gang of rogues and Indians.[6]