{"product_id":"backcountry-resistance-carl-p-borick-9781643365558","title":"Backcountry Resistance: South Carolina's Militia and the Fight for American Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary story of a war fought by ordinary people\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBackcountry Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, Carl P. Borick delivers a groundbreaking account of the citizen militias that defied British forces in South Carolina's volatile Backcountry during the pivotal Southern campaign of the Revolutionary War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on rank-and-file militiamen, Borick explores how these ordinary men were recruited, armed, fed, and motivated. Drawing on underused pension records and state claims, he reconstructs their everyday realities and their battlefield experiences. He also examines the war's devastating effects on civilians, including enslaved people and women, who played crucial roles in the struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly detailed and grounded in the human experience of warfare, \u003ci\u003eBackcountry Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most comprehensive portrait to date of South Carolina's militia during the decisive years of the American War of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl P. Borick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164336555X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643365558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Carl P. Borick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47931075756287,"sku":"9781643365558","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8757e166-0208-420e-8cbc-a0cc2f590f5d.jpg?v=1766346279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/backcountry-resistance-carl-p-borick-9781643365558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}