Cherokee Tragedy, Volume 169: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People

by Thurman Wilkins

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0806121882

ISBN13:9780806121888

Release Date:September 1989

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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