Bird, Robert Montgomery,  1806-1854 <br/><br/>
Nick of the Woods; Or, Adventures of Prairie Life 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_of_the_Woods  Release date is 2004-11-07 
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<br/><br/> "Nick of the Woods; Or, Adventures of Prairie Life" by Robert Montgomery Bird is a novel published in 1837. Set in 1780s Kentucky, it follows the mysterious figure known as "Nick of the Woods"—a monster-dressed avenger who slaughters Indians and carves crosses on their bodies. By day, he's Nathan Slaughter, a peaceful Quaker bound by creed to avoid violence. This American Gothic tale became Bird's most successful work and a bestseller, noted for its brutal depiction of Native Americans that deliberately countered James Fenimore Cooper's more sympathetic portrayals. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Frontier and pioneer life -- Kentucky -- Fiction 
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