About the Author

Gale Richard Walker was born in Stockport, Ohio, in 1948. He graduated from Belpre High School in 1967; received his B.A. at Marietta College in 1972; M.A. at Purdue University in 1974; and Ph.D. at Purdue University in 1976. He was an assistant professor of sociology at Muhlenberg College, in Allentown, PA, 1976-78, and served as chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL, 1978-83; senior policy analyst, Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, Springfield, IL, 1984-1989; and science assessment consultant and school improvement consultant, Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, IL, 1989-2007. Walker's various history-related publications cited below began as a simple curiosity - a question. If finding no answer in libraries or elsewhere, he conducted his own research, whether in laboratories or libraries, seeking to discover, document, and share his findings, discoveries, and conclusions with others.

Reviews

The Theft of Ohio is a damning indictment of the U.S. Government from President George Washington on down to Gen. Anthony Wayne-accusing and very convincingly convicting them of one of the greatest historical frauds-stripping the Native Americans of Ohio of every last bit of their ancestral lands in Ohio. The method of the government was bribery, liquor, outright lying and the forging of signatures of a peoplewho did not speak the language of the documents.... -- Robert B. Newman, Civil Rights Attorney Theft of Ohio masterfully documents U.S. betrayal of Indian rights in its acquisition of Ohio, thereby unmasking popular historical accounts and revealing the darker side of the Founding Fathers expropriation of Ohio.... -- Raymond Collins, former Illinois State Library Reference Librarian An honest, blunt, and, for some perhaps, troubling lesson in the history and politics of the 1783-1794 era....Dr.Walker does not tell the reader the U.S. Government stole Ohio, he documents it - the facts speak for themselves." -- Phillip L. Crane, Ohio Public School Teacher