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

Year of Publication
1880
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
393 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Charles McKnight
Publisher
J. C. McCurdy
City
Philadelphia
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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.
Time
1770s-90s
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