by Phillip W. Hoffman. Hardbound, 360 pages, 6" x 9". A masterful, panoramic biography of one of the most mysterious, misunderstood icons of early American history. Simon Girty was a sharp-witted, rascally, many-tounged frontiersman whose epic adventures span the French & Indian War, Dunmore's Wars, and finally, the War of 1812. By exploring microfilm, ledgers, military records, congressional records, newspaper and magazine articles, and dozens of early American and Canadian fiction and non-fiction works, the author peels away the mythic legend that has hidden Girty's real persona for two and a half centuries.