Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the

Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation

An astonishing untold story from the nineteenth centuryâ€”a â€œrivetingâ€¦engrossingâ€¦â€˜American Epicâ€™â€ (The Wall Street Journal) and necessary work of history that reads like Gone with the Wind for the Cherokee.

â€œA vigorous, well-written book that distills a complex history to a clash between two men without oversimplifyingâ€ (Kirkus Reviews), Blood Moon is the story of the feud between two rival Cherokee chiefs from the early years of the United States through the infamous Trail of Tears and into the Civil War. Their enmity would lead to war, forced removal from their homeland, and the devastation of a once-proud nation.

One of the men, known as The Ridgeâ€”short for He Who Walks on Mountaintopsâ€”is a fearsome warrior who speaks no English, but whose exploits on the battlefield are legendary. The other, John Ross, is descended from Scottish traders and looks like one: a pale, unimposing half-pint who wears modern clothes and speaks not a word of Cherokee. At first, the two men are friends and allies who negotiate with almost every American president from George Washington through Abraham Lincoln. But as the threat to their land and their people grows more dire, they break with each other on the subject of removal.

In Blood Moon, John Sedgwick restores the Cherokee to their rightful place in American history in a dramatic saga that informs much of the countryâ€™s mythic past today. Fueled by meticulous research in contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accountsâ€”and Sedgwickâ€™s own extensive travels within Cherokee lands from the Southeast to Oklahomaâ€”it is â€œa wild ride of a bookâ€”fascinating, chilling, and enlighteningâ€”that explains the removal of the Cherokee as one of the central dramas of our countryâ€ (Ian Frazier).

Populated with heroes and scoundrels of all varieties, this is a richly evocative portrait of the Cherokee that is destined to become the defining book on this extraordinary people.
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-04-10
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-04-10
Format	Kindle eBook

Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation

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