I purchased this book out of curiosity to see what new fiction had been created about Blue Jacket. I am a direct decendent of one of Maraduke Van Swearingen's brothers. According to this legend, Duke Swearingen and Blue Jacket were the same person. This so called legend is worse than fiction. It is a complete lie because it is about real people. Chief Blue Jacket was not a white man kidnapped as a teenager, as this story goes. Our family records show he was born in a different decade than Blue Jacket and, as far as we know, never lived with the Indians or became a chief. The true history about the Shawnee chief has been messed with by 19th century pulp fiction writers and purpetuated by 20th and 21st century psudo historians. More information can be found at:[...]