"Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga is part of Redrawing History: Indigenous Perspectives on Colonial America, a project of the Library Company of Philadelphia supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage"-- Book's official website.
Contents:
Artist statements / Ron Nash & John McNamara. Artist statements / Lee Francis 4 & Weshoyot Alvitre -- Murder on the frontier: the Paxton massacre / Indigenous representation in comics and graphic novels / Michael Sheyahshe -- Print and place in the Paxton crisis / Scott Paul Gordon -- Passion, politics, and portrayal in the Paxton debates / Judith Ridner -- Primary sources / Will Fenton -- Script and annotations -- Murder on the frontier: the Paxton massacre / Ron Nash & John McNamara.
Summary:
"Told from the Indian perspective, this graphic novel depicts the massacre of 20 unarmed Conestoga Indians in colonial Pennsylvania in December 1763 by a vigilante group of Scots-Irish frontiersmen known as the "Paxton Boys", first six Conestoga People at a settlement near what is now Millersville, and then fourteen remaining Indians -- six adults and eight children that were under protective custody -- days later in Lancaster. The graphic novel is half of the book. The other half contains interpretive materials and reproductions of historical documents. It also provides instructional guidelines supplied by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History."-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.