Ned Christie. The Creation of an Outlaw and Cherokee Hero, Paperback/Devon A. Mihesuah

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? In a tour de force of investigative scholarship, Devon Mihesuah offers an accurate depiction of Christie and the times in which he lived. Illustrations: 23 b&w illustrations