[Review of] Thomas Wildcat Alford, Civilization and the Story of the Absentee Shawnees

Authors

Elmer R. Rusco

Orginal Publication Date

1981

Journal Title

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Volume

1

Issue

ess/vol1/iss1

First Page

[1]

Last Page

2

Abstract

Thomas Wildcat Alford was born a Shawnee and died a white man. While an oversimplification, this is not an unfair summary of his memoir, ”told to” Florence Drake. A reprint of the 1936 edition, the book has a brief preface by author Angie Debo (which, however, has little information).

Rights

Copyright, ​©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1981