Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation, Paperback - John Sedgwick

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

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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...

A magnificent history of the American conquest of the West; "a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Revi...

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

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Reducere. Powerfully involving narrative and incisive detail, clarity and inherent drama: Blood offers in abundance the qualities that define the best popula...

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The book's premise is that a 100 Years War started in 1914 that rages ever onward onto the present day. It began as a European Civil War that event...

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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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The fully updated third edition of Farewell, My Nation considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white America...

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Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an Ame...

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Awards🏆Winner (2002) - Bancroft Prize - (History)Contributor(s): Author: David W. BlightNo historical event has left as deep an imprint on America'...

Publisher: Galaxy PressAuthor(s): L. Ron HubbardNumber of pages: 136Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 139 x 203 x 16Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

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This final volume of John C. G. R hl's acclaimed biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II reveals the Kaiser's central role in the origins of the First World...

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