HICKS, BRIAN - Toward the Setting Sun: John Ross, the Cherokees and the Trail of Tears

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 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. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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