Simon Girty: "The White Savage." (So Called by Heckewelder, Moravian Missionary). A Romance of the Border

TitleSimon Girty: "The White Savage." (So Called by Heckewelder, Moravian Missionary). A Romance of the Border
Year of Publication1880
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes393 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsMcKnight, Charles
PublisherJ. C. McCurdy
CityPhiladelphia
KeywordsAlexander McKee (c. 1735-99); Guyasuta (c. 1725-c. 1794); Irish Americans; John Heckewelder (1743-1823); Josiah Harmar (1753-1813); Moravians; Native Americans; Simon Girty (1741-1818); Tanacharison (Half-King) (c. 1700-64)
Abstract

A novelized biography of Simon Girty, an infamous colonial of the Juniata River Valley known for working both the British and the Native American side of affairs in war and peace. He fought at Braddock's Defeat and other expeditions and was once imprisoned at Ft. Pitt.
Author Biography

Charles McKnight (1826-81) was born to a Scots-Irish family in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Princeton, traveled abroad for two years, then worked in journalism and the iron industry in his hometown. He is buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery.
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1770s-90s

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