John Ross, Cherokee Chief / Gary E. Moulton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moulton, Gary E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ross, John, 1790-1866.

Ross, John.

Cherokee Indians--Biography.

Cherokee Indians.

Cherokee Indians--History.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 282 pages : portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1978]

Summary:

In John Ross, Cherokee Chief, Gary Moulton examines the life of the man who led the Cherokee people during the most trying and tragic period of their long history. Ross was the principal Cherokee negotiator with the encroaching whites during the Georgia gold rush, guided the tribe through the treacherous years of the Civil War, and struggled to preserve unity among his people during their removal westward by the United States government, along the 'Trail of Tears.'

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [257]-269.

ISBN:

0820304220

OCLC:

3018203