NMAI copy purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature.
Contents:
Introduction: how we know about Ned Christie -- Family, friends, and home -- Ned the politician -- Bad company -- On the run -- The final fight -- Young men lost: Arch Wolfe and Charles Hair -- The Humphrey theory -- Creating outlaws and the heroic heroes who kill them
Summary:
"This biography of Nede Wade Christie also analyzes his role in the genre of outlaw literature, and how writers have manipulated or fabricated information to create the image of Nede as either a crazed and guilty outlaw or an innocent martyr."--Provided by publisher.
