in the Deerfoot novels by Edward S. Ellis. He is the main character in Indian Lover by Lewis Owen. He is the main character in the graphic novel, Wilderness: The True Story of Simon Girty, The Renegade by Timothy Truman, published from 1989–1990. His choosing to fight on the side of the Native Americans is the inspiration for the 2002 song "Simon Girty's Decision" by Todd Tamanend Clark. He is mentioned in Flood Tides Along the Allegheny. Simon Girty is the main antagonist/central character of historical drama The White Savage at Trumpet in the Land in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Simon Girty the historical figure is portrayed as clever yet sadistic in Harlan Hatcher's book Lake Erie. Girty appears in Ann Finlayson's historical young adult novel Greenhorn on the Frontier Notes References Further reading Butts, Edward. Simon Girty: Wilderness Warrior. Canada: Dundurn, 2011. Leighton, Douglas. "Simon Girty". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, 1983. 1741 births 1818 deaths People from Franklin County, Pennsylvania American people of Irish descent British Indian Department Loyalist military personnel of the American Revolutionary War People from Amherstburg, Ontario Pre-Confederation Ontario people American people of the Northwest Indian War Loyalists in the American Revolution from Pennsylvania People of colonial Pennsylvania Captives of Native Americans