Girty
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Girty

  1. 198 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Girty

About this book

Along with Benedict Arnold, Simon Girty was one of the most hated men in early America. The son of an Irish immigrant, he was raised on the western Pennsylvania frontier but was captured by the Senecas as a teenager and lived among them for several years. This able frontiersman might be seen today as a defender of Native Americans, but in his own time he was branded as a traitor for siding with First Nations and the British during the Revolutionary War. He fought fiercely against Continental Army forces in the Ohio River Valley and was victorious in the bloody Battle of Blue Licks.

In this classic work, Richard Taylor artfully assembles a collage of passages from diaries, travel accounts, and biographies to tell part of the notorious villain's story. Taylor uses the voice of Girty himself to unfold the rest of the narrative through a series of interior monologues, which take the form of both prose and poetry. Moments of torture and horrifying bloodshed stand starkly against passages celebrating beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Throughout, Taylor challenges perceptions of the man and the frontier, as well as notions of white settler innocence.

Simon Girty's bloody exploits and legend made him hated and feared in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, but many who knew him respected him for his convictions, principles, and bravery. This evocative work brings to life a complex figure who must permanently dwell in the borderland between myth and fact, one foot in each domain.

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Table of contents

  1. cover GIRTY
  2. half title page GIRTY
  3. title page
  4. copyright page
  5. dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. GIRTY
  9. Late Summer, 1756
  10. John Turner
  11. Vita
  12. An Estimate of What Girty’s Life Has to Teach Young Readers
  13. Girty Contemplates the World of Letters
  14. BUTLER
  15. Fort Pitt
  16. The Meadow
  17. The Cave
  18. The Squaw Campaign: February, 1778
  19. March 27, 1778
  20. Meeting Kenton, Chillicothe
  21. Saving His Bacon a Second Time:
  22. Simon (Butler) Kenton: An Interview
  23. ON THE OHIO
  24. The Cabin
  25. The Ohio River Valley
  26. ROGERS (The War)
  27. Ambush on the River, 1779
  28. The Narrative of Capt. Robert Benham
  29. Ft. Laurens
  30. Big Bone Lick
  31. November 1, 1779: First Snow
  32. The Hard Winter
  33. A Stirring of Leaves
  34. Portrait of Thayendanegea
  35. Brant
  36. The Massacre at Gnadenhutten
  37. A Warning
  38. Declension
  39. Col. William Crawford (1732-1782)
  40. From “Account of the Capture and Torture of Col. William Crawford as reported by Dr. John Knight”
  41. Simon Girty to William Crawford at the Stake (from a poem by Frank Cowan)
  42. Dr. John Knight
  43. Speeches brought by Simon Girty from the Six Nations to Detroit Feby 7th.
  44. Girty Addresses the Grand Council of the Tribes at Chillecothe, Ohio, before Marching on Bryan’s Station
  45. Girty the Provocateur
  46. Bryan’s Station
  47. Wm Calk’s Journal
  48. Wounded at Bryan’s Station
  49. Blue Licks
  50. The Knob
  51. ESCAPE
  52. A Progress Report
  53. Girty’s Vision of the Future
  54. Convergence
  55. Mad River
  56. Catherine Malott
  57. Simon Girty the Outlaw: An Historical Romance by Uriah Jones
  58. Girty’s Town
  59. Haven
  60. Tracker
  61. The Trail
  62. Cottonwood
  63. Jacob Lewis
  64. Orville Hobbs, 1796
  65. Catherine Girty
  66. 1812
  67. Reconciliation
  68. The Porch
  69. Daniel Workman
  70. Transitions
  71. Basics
  72. CREDITS & SOURCES
  73. ABOUT THE AUTHOR