Patricia Riles Wickman is a former senior historian for the State of Florida, Director of the Department of Anthropology & Genealogy for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and author of The Tree that Bends: Discourse, Power, and the Survival of the Maskoki People.
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This is a fresh look at a fascinating figure who led the resistance to the removal of Florida Indians in the early 1800s. Though generally thought to be Seminole, Osceola actually was of mixed English and Creek blood. - Atlanta Journal-Constitution ""Wickman does a thorough job of answering many questions surrounding the life and death of a remarkable man."" - Tampa Tribune ""Through the newly discovered diary of the surgeon who attended Osceola on his death bed and the innovative use of cultural artifacts and graphic images, this investigation explodes the myth of Osceola and introduces the man in both a historical and an anthropological context."" - Book Alert
