Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation, Hardcover

DescriptionAn astonishing untold story from the nineteenth century--a "riveting...engrossing...'American Epic'" (The Wall Street Journal) and neces...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Kevin AlexanderIllustration(s): PART-OPENING PHOTOSNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

Cherokee people like all other Native American Indian tribes possess a huge oral history. Before the time of written words, the history, customs an...

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Preliminary chapters give the historical background of the Cherokees, from their first encounters with European settlers through the Revolution and...

DescriptionOn Saturday, September 22, 1928, Barbara Griffiths, aged 4, strayed into the woods surrounding the upstate village of Massena, New York....

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Complete with rare photographs, diagrams and glossary, follow author James Stejskal as he covers the establishment of these agencies and their inte...

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This book chronicles the life of Wilma Pearl Mankiller, the first woman ever elected to be chief of the Cherokee Nation.Publisher: Rowman & Littlef...

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