author
J. B. Mackenzie
1851–1919
A Canadian writer with a wide range, he wrote on Indigenous history, turned Joseph Brant’s life into drama, and published patriotic poetry in the early 1900s. His surviving books suggest a writer interested in both national history and literary performance.
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A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians
by J. B. Mackenzie
About the author
J. B. Mackenzie, identified in library and archive records as James Bovell Mackenzie (1851–1919), was a Canadian author whose work moved between history, drama, and poetry.
His best-known works include A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians (also cataloged as The Six-Nations Indians in Canada), the historical drama Thayendanegea, and later poetry collections such as Alfred the Great, and Other Poems and Clive, Baron Plassey: A Lay of Empire, and Other Poems. Taken together, these books show an author drawn to historical subjects, imperial themes, and the literary retelling of public figures and events.
Reliable biographical detail on his personal life appears to be limited in the sources found, so this overview stays close to what can be confirmed from book and catalog records. He is consistently listed under the fuller name James Bovell Mackenzie, with the dates 1851–1919.