Toward the Setting Sun: John Ross, the Cherokees and the Trail of Tears
by Hicks, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802119638
- ISBN 13
- 9780802119636
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0802119638 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 421 pages; "Son of a Scottish trader and a quarter-Cherokee woman, Ross was educated in white schools and was only one-eighth Indian by blood. But as Cherokee chief in the mid-nineteenth century, he would guide the tribe through its most turbulent period. The Cherokees' plight lay at the epicenter of nearly all the key issues facing a young America: western expansion, states' rights, judicial power, and racial discrimination. " .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21358
- Title
- Toward the Setting Sun: John Ross, the Cherokees and the Trail of Tears
- Author
- Hicks, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0802119638
- ISBN 13
- 9780802119636
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 0802119638, Cherokee, Trail of tears
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native studies;
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