Content: The Ice Folk and the Earth Folk Ohio as a Part of France Ohio Becomes English The Forty Years' War for the West The Captivity of James Smith The Captivity of Boone and Kenton The Renegades The Wickedest Deed in Our History The Torture of Colonel Crawford The Escape of Knight and Slover The Indian Wars and St. Clair's Defeat The Indian Wars and Wayne's Victory Indian Fighters Later Captivities Indian Heroes and Sages Life in the Backwoods The First Great Settlements The State of Ohio in the War of 1812 A Foolish Man, a Philosopher, and a Fanatic Ways Out The Fight With Slavery The Civil War in Ohio Famous Ohio Soldiers Ohio Statesmen Other Notable Ohioans Incidents and Characteristics William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, historian, literary critic, and playwright.