by Gideon Defoe
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Wright, James Leitch. William Augustus Bowles, Director General of the Creek Nation (University of Georgia Press, 1967).
Acknowledgements
Important disclaimer: because of the pandemic, I've never met most of the people who helped put this book together. They might be terrible in real life.
EDITORIAL
Associate Publisher: Helen Garnons-Williams
Publishing Director: Essie Cousins
Project Editor: Katy Archer
Assistant Editor: Jordan Mulligan
Editorial Assistant: Eve Hutchings
Copyeditor: Rachael Harrison
Proofreader: Morag Lyall
DESIGN
Illustrator: Joy Gosney
Cover Designer: Ellie Game
PRODUCTION
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Typesetter: Graham Holmes
MARKETING
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SALES
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PUBLICITY
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Publishing Executive: Nicola Webb
RIGHTS
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Senior Rights Manager: Agnes Rigou
Rights Manager: Sarah Davis
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AUDIO
Senior Audio Editor: Jack Chalmers
A special thanks to Claire Conrad, who got me to write this in the first place; Helen Garnons-Williams, for saving it from development hell; Tom Espley, for being a really great A level history teacher; the staff at the British Library; and, as always, mum.
Also by Gideon Defoe
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon
The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics
About the Author
Gideon Defoe in the author of The Pirates! book series and wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated Sony/Aardman film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. He has also written about how animals have sex and penned a computer game tie-in novel because he is bad at staying on brand.
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