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Ned Christie : the creation of an outlaw and Cherokee hero

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2018

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Title:	Ned Christie : the creation of an outlaw and Cherokee hero / Devon A. Mihesuah.
Author:	Mihesuah, Devon A., 1957- author.
Call Number:	973.049755 Christie
Publisher, Date:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2018]
Description:	xviii, 252 pages : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Summary:	"This biography of Nede Wade Christie also analyzes his role in the genre of outlaw literature, and how writers have manipulated or fabricated information to create the image of Nede as either a crazed and guilty outlaw or an innocent martyr."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Christie, Ned, 1852-1892. Christie, Ned, 1852-1892. 1800-1899 Cherokee Indians -- Biography. Cherokee Indians -- History -- 19th century. Cherokee Indians -- Government relations. Outlaws -- Indian Territory -- History. Cherokee Indians. Cherokee Indians -- Government relations. Outlaws. Indian Territory -- Biography. Oklahoma -- Indian Territory.
Genre:	Biography. History. Biographies.
Other Title:	Creation of an outlaw and Cherokee hero
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Introduction: how we know about Ned Christie -- Family, friends, and home -- Ned the politician -- Bad company -- On the run -- The final fight -- Young men lost: Arch Wolfe and Charles Hair -- The Humphrey theory -- Creating outlaws and the heroic heroes who kill them.
ISBN:	9780806159102 0806159103

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