Long Lance: The True Story of an Imposter

Long Lance: The True Story of an Imposter by Smith, Donald B.. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780803291416.

This book: " Long Lance: The True Story of an Imposter" by Donald Smith, is the first length biography of Long Lance unravels the story of Sylvester Long. "Sylvester Clark Long was an American journalist, writer, and actor from Winston-Salem, NY., who became internationally prominent as a spokesman for Indian causes. He became famous following publication of his best selling autobiography, purportedly based on his experience as the son of a Blackfoot Chief. After his tribal claims were found to be false, Long was dropped by social circles. He was mixed Lumbee, Cherokee, white and black heritage, at the time when Southern society imposed binary division of black and white in a racially segregated society"