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Title: Will the REAL Cornplanter please stand up?
Review: Beck's contribution to the recent spate of Cornplanter biographies is a great read with skillful narration and an eye for the dramatic. Would be nice to see some documentation for many of the historical assumptions that Mr. Beck makes. I assume that "artistic license" might be called upon to defend the author, but I would be more pleased with historical documentation. Nevertheless, I would recommend this book for a good overall picture of the Seneca Chief's life and times; and despite faults, it's a worthy contribution to the genre. Well worth reading and comparing with the other Gyantwachia biographies now in circulation.
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