""The Heroine of the Strait: A Romance of Detroit in the Time of Pontiac"" is a historical novel written by Mary Catherine Crowley and published in 1902. The story is set in Detroit during the 18th century, when the area was under the control of the French and British empires, and is based on the real-life events surrounding the siege of Fort Detroit by the Native American leader Pontiac.The novel follows the story of a young woman named Isabelle,...