Discusses the life of the Mohawk chief who tried to reestablish the freedom of his people As close and thorough an investigation of available resource material as one can humanly make, certainly as has yet been made. . . . All that one can ask of a biography. ― The New York Times Book Review Superb. . . . An important and outstandingly researched biography. ― Choice Highly readable . . . . Richly detailed history. ― Publishers Weekly A fine and enduring biography of a major Indian leader. ― The American Historical Review An extremely valuable study. Exhaustively researched and well written, it calls attention to Brant's historical significance. In addition, it corrects numerous myths about Brant. ― William and Mary Quarterly Its highly readable style, its author's attention to that telling detail or fact, and its novelistic sense of narrative make Joseph Brant a work that all readers will find both enjoyable and informative. As close and thorough an investigation of available resource material as one can humanly make, certainly as has yet been made. Isabel Thompson Kelsay was born in Appalachia. In a small local school she fell in love with history and has involved herself in it, in one way or another, ever since. Kelsay holds academic degrees from three universities—Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Columbia. She has taught on the Iroquois at the Seminars in American Culture at Cooperstown, New York, and has contributed to Calendar of North Carolina and Tennessee Papers, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, New York History, and East Tennessee Historical Review. Used Book in Good Condition