Ghost River
Subtitle: the fall and rise of the Conestoga
By: story, Lee Francis 4 ; art, Weshoyot Alvitre ; editor, Will Fenton
Contributors: Alvitre, Weshoyot, artist; Fenton, William, editor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: The Library Company of Philadelphia; Red Planet Books and Comics
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780990694793
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Paxton Boys; Comic books, strips; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763; Conestoga Indians; History; Massacres; Indians of North America; Vigilantes; Quakers; Race relations; Conestoga Massacre (Pennsylvania : 1763) fast (OCoLC)fst01404586
Description: "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 The other half contains interpretive materials and reproductions of historical documents.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."--

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 The other half contains interpretive materials and reproductions of historical documents.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.
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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Will Fenton -- Artist statements / -- Lee Francis 4 & Weshoyot Alvitre; title: Ghost River: graphic novel --; title: Indigenous representation in comics and graphic novels  -- Michael Sheyahshe; title: Print and place in the Paxton crisis  -- Scott Paul Gordon; title: Passion, politics, and portrayal in the Paxton debates  -- Judith Ridner; title: Primary sources  -- Will Fenton; title: Script and annotations --; title: Murder on the frontier: the Paxton massacre -- Ron Nash & John McNamara.