The Brant-Overlin Saga

San Jose, CA: Willow Glen Press. Near Fine. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized thick booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This booklet gives the genealogy of the Brant and Overlin families, along with details of their lives, and portions of letters, along with images of important documents. Especially important in this history is the story of Chief Brant of the Mohawk / Canajoharie who was a noted relative. "While not born into a hereditary leadership role within the Iroquois League, Brant rose to prominence due to his education, abilities, and connections to British officials. His sister, Molly Brant, was the wife of Sir William Johnson, the influential British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, Brant led Mohawk and colonial Loyalists known as "Brant's Volunteers" against the rebels in a bitter partisan war on the New York frontier. He was accused by the Americans of committing atrocities and given the name "Monster Brant", but the accusations were argued by later historians to have been false. " (from Wikipedia) .