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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Brand
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Binding
- TP
- EAN
- 9780806121888
- ISBN
- 0806121882
- Manufacturer
- University of Oklahoma Press
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10
0806121882
ISBN-13
9780806121888
eBay Product ID (ePID)
244121
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Cherokee Tragedy : the Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1989
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native American
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Book Series
The Civilization of the American Indian Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
20.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
85-020260
Dewey Edition
19
Series Volume Number
169
Dewey Decimal
975/.00497
Edition Description
Revised edition,New Edition
Synopsis
Beginning with the birth of the Cherokee patriarch Major Ridge in the 1770's, Thurman Wilkins tells the events that led to the Trail of Tears, through the eyes of the illustrious Ridge family. Major Ridge and his Connecticut-educated son John were willing to abandon the rich tribal homelands in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia and emigrate west to the Indian Territory to escape the white invaders. During the decades of fruitless negotiations that culminated in the infamous Treaty of New Echota, Georgia, in 1835, the Ridges and their relatives Elias Boudinot and Stand Watie became persuaded that further protests by the Cherokees would lead only to their annihilation at the hands of the whites. The pro-treaty Ridge faction was opposed by fiery John Ross, the leader of the majority National Party, who wanted to stay and fight in the Southeast against all odds. In this revised edition of his great work, Thurman Wilkins addresses the new scholarship of the past fifteen years and reconsiders the important questions raised by Cherokee history aficionados: Were Major Ridge and John Ridge paid off by the United States for their support of removal? If not, how did these Cherokee patriots come to change their minds about emigrating west? Was Chief John Ross a hero or a villain? Since Cherokee Tragedy was first published in 1970, it has been valued as a penetrating social and political history of neither the whole Cherokee Nation-nor just the Ridge family- from the last quarter of the eighteenth century to the 1838 Trail of Tears and the subsequent "execution" of the Ridges in Indian Territory.
LC Classification Number
E99.C5
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