Cherokee Dragon:A Novel of the Real People

Description

Few writers portray Native American life and history as richly| authentically| and insightfully as Robert J.
Conley.
Conley represents an important voice of the Cherokee past.
The novels in his Real People series combine powerful characters| gripping plots| and vivid descriptions of tradition and mythology to preserve Cherokee culture and history.
In Cherokee Dragon| the tenth novel in the series| Robert Conley explores the life if Dragging Canoe| the last great war chief of the united Cherokee tribe.
In the late eighteenth century| as the English settlers begin steadily encroaching upon the Cherokee lands| the Nation divided among several towns and many chiefs?unites in a series of battles.
But the united front is not one that lasts: Dragging Canoe’s belief that they must fight the settlers to preserve their lands and their culture is far from universal.