[Fiji Hill]

Of course, you’ve never heard of him because your schooling in American history, like mine, was deeply defective

Many members of an earlier generation did hear of him. Rifles for Watie (New York: Harper and Row, 1957), a novel for young people, won the prestigious Newbery Award and went through several editions.

[Antoninus]

Excellent. I haven’t seen that book before—I’ll have to check it out.