A Man of Distinction Among Them: Alexander McKee and the Country Frontier, 1754-1799

A Man of Distinction Among Them: Alexander McKee and the Country Frontier, 1754-1799
ISBN-10
0873387007
ISBN-13
9780873387002
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
262
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Author
Larry Lee Nelson

Description

Half Shawnee and fathered by a white trader, McKee played a pivotal go-between role in Great Lakes Indian affairs for nearly fifty years.

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