Obituary of John S. Pancake
1920-1986
The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, January 26, 1986
JOHN S. PANCAKE, AUTHOR-HISTORIAN
Services will be held Monday in Staunton, Va., for historian and author John S. Pancake. Mr. Pancake, 65, died Saturday in Miami of cancer.
Mr. Pancake taught at the University of Alabama for 36 years, from 1949 until last month. He also taught for many years at Stillman College, a predominantly black school in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
A specialist in the American Revolution and the founding of the Republic, Mr. Pancake published five volumes of history and numerous articles, including one that appeared in The Herald's Viewpoint section in July. His most recent book, This Destructive War, The British Campaign in the Carolinas, 1780-1782, appeared in 1985.
Mr. Pancake's best-known book, 1777, The Year of the Hangman, examined the military campaigns leading to the defeat of the British general, "Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne," at the battle of Saratoga in October 1777.
Dr. Pancake is survived by a son, John S. Pancake Jr. of Miami; two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Emily Pancake also of Miami; a brother, Frank R. Pancake of Staunton, Va.; his mother, Frank Pancake of Staunton; and a sister, Julia Rankin of Mount Holly, N.C.
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