Forrest Carter

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Asa Earl Carter (born September 4, 1925 in Anniston, Alabama , † June 7, 1979 in Abilene, Texas ) was an American speechwriter who later wrote books under the pseudonym Forrest Carter in which he pretended to be of Native American descent he was white .

Life

Asa Carter was a speechwriter for George Wallace , the governor of Alabama , in the 1960s . His slogan " Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" probably came from Carter's pen.

Carter was co-editor of the racist magazine The Southerner and a member of the Ku Klux Klan . In 1970 he failed in an attempt to become governor of Alabama with a racist election platform.

He then moved to Texas, from then on lived in honor of the Southern General and Ku Klux Klan founding member Nathan Bedford Forrest under the pseudonym Bedford Forrest Carter and began a career as a writer. His former identity was only revealed after his death.

As Forrest Carter, he claimed to be an orphan of Indian descent. The book Der Stern der Cherokee (The Education of Little Tree) describes “the story of a little Indian boy who, after the death of his parents, learned not only to read, arithmetic and write from his grandparents, but also the Indian way of life, Indian history and dealing with the nature". He issued the work as an autobiography, his true career was not known until the late 1980s.

Works

  • The Education of Little Tree , 1977, German star of the Cherokee
  • Gone to Texas
  • The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales
  • Watch for Me on the Mountain , 1979, German Waiting for me at the foot of the mountain

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personal data
SURNAME Carter, Forrest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carter, Asa Earl (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American speechwriter and book author
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Anniston, Alabama
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1979
Place of death Abilene (Texas)