Ghost River : the fall and rise of the Conestoga / story, Lee Francis 4 ; art, Weshoyot Alvitre ; editor, Will Fenton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Francis, Lee, IV, author.

Contributor:

Alvitre, Weshoyot, artist.

Library Company of Philadelphia, publisher.

Comics Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Graphic Works Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paxton Boys--Comic books, strips, etc.

Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763--Comic books, strips, etc.

Conestoga Indians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

Massacres--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

Vigilantes--Pennsylvania--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

Quakers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

History.

Quakers.

Vigilantes.

Indians of North America.

Massacres.

Conestoga Indians.

Paxton Boys.

Lancaster County (Pa.)--Race relations--History--18th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Comic books, strips, etc.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--Lancaster County.

Race relations.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Nonfiction comics.

Graphic novels.

Historical comics.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Selman, Matt (donor)

Physical Description:

119 pages, 1 unnumbered page : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : The Library Company of Philadelphia, 2019.

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 The other half contains interpretive materials and reproductions of historical documents.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.

Contents:

Introduction / Will Fenton

Artist statements / Lee Francis 4 & Weshoyot Alvitre

Ghost River: graphic novel

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.

Notes:

"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.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Burt fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780990694793

0990694798

OCLC:

1129457930

Online:

Official graphic novel website with free digital edition of book and lesson plans and historical materials