Ned Christie: The Creation of an Outlaw and Cherokee Hero

by Devon Abbott Mihesuah

Book Overview

Who was Nede Wade Christie? Was he a violent criminal guilty of murdering a federal officer? Or a Cherokee statesman who suffered a martyr's death for a crime he did not commit? For more than a century, journalists, pulp fiction authors, and even serious historians have produced largely fictitious accounts of "Ned" Christie's life. Now, in a tour de force of investigative scholarship, Devon A. Mihesuah offers a far more accurate depiction of Christie...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806165669
• ISBN13: 9780806165660
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"