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This is a major historical biography of the great Indian figure from the Revolutionary War period. Kelsay calls Joseph Brant the "most famous American Indian who ever lived"—a claim which she supports with her book. The result of some thirty years of research and writing, Joseph Brant provides a total picture of Indian life in northeast and mid-America at the end of the 18th century. Kelsay presents the reader with a wealth of characters and recreates in rich detail the historical period, its mood, and atmosphere. Educated into European culture, Brant belonged everywhere—and nowhere. Born in a bark hut, he died in a mansion. A "common Indian" among an aristocracy-ridden people, he marrie...
William McMillan had been quite a phenomenon with his selfless dedication to serve and protect. His professional life had taken off like a rocket and in some circles he was destined to become the future Chief of Police some day. His personal life had been immensely satisfying after his marriage with Joan, who gifted him with the most beautiful baby daughter, Anita. He is assigned to a covert investigation on police corruption which completely changed the color of his life and shattered his dreams forever. He gets framed for a crime he never committed, his innocent wife succumbs to her third degree burns inflicted upon her in a deliberate act of arson, he gets a twenty six year prison sentenc...
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.