Cherokee Dragon: A Novel (Robert J. Conley's Real People Series)

Author: Conley

Brand: University of Oklahoma Press

Color: Multicolor

Number Of Pages: 300

Details: Few writers portray Native American life and history as richly, authentically, and insightfully as Robert J. Conley. Conley represents an important voice of the Cherokee past. The novels in his Real People series combine powerful characters, gripping plots, and vivid descriptions of tradition and mythology to preserve Cherokee culture and history. In Cherokee Dragon, the tenth novel in the series, Robert Conley explores the life if Dragging Canoe, the last great war chief of the united Cherokee tribe. In the late eighteenth century, as the English settlers begin steadily encroaching upon the Cherokee lands, the Nation divided among several towns and many chiefs?unites in a series of battles. But the united front is not one that lasts: Dragging Canoe’s belief that they must fight the settlers to preserve their lands and their culture is far from universal.

UPC: 658804033702

EAN: 9780806133706

Release Date: 15-11-2001

Languages: English

Item Note: This is a former school library book and there is a protective plastic covering over the entire cover. The school name is stamped on the upper and lower page edges. There is also some rippling and a small stain in the lower corners of approx. 1/2 of the pages. There is a "date due" sheet inside the back cover.

Item Condition: UsedAcceptable

Binding: Paperback