In 1976, a New York Times article raised the question of whether Forrest Carter was actually Asa Carter.

The book, originally published in 1976, was purportedly the childhood memoirs of an orphaned American Indian named Forrest Carter.

Forrest Carter, who died in 1979, described himself as a Cherokee cowboy, dishwasher, ranch hand and self-taught writer.

The article describes him as Forrest Carter being interviewed by Barbara Walters on the Today show in 1974.

It was subtitled "A True Story by Forrest Carter".

September 4 - Forrest Carter, American speechwriter & author (died 1979)

June 7 - Forrest Carter, novelist, 53 (heart failure)

The Education of Little Tree is a memoir-style genre novel by Forrest Carter.

Further concepts were proposed by Forrest Carter of the Naval Research Laboratory, including single-molecule logic gates.

Forrest Carter, author of The Education of Little Tree.