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HTML:A Scottish-Cherokee boy accompanies his grandparents on the Trail of Tears in this "superb" novel by the New York Timesâ??bestselling author of The Ordways (Time). Twelve-year-old Amos Ferguson is a blond, blue-eyed boy of mixed Cherokee and Scottish heritage, the son of a physician and the grandson of a gentleman farmer. Despite wealth and education, however, the family has no recourse when a drifter forges a bill of sale to their plantation: Georgia state law forbids anyone with Native American blood from testifying in court. Amos and his grandparents are relocated to a squalid internment camp and forced to join their tribe on a long and brutal march to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi. Along the way, the doctor's son tends to the sick as thousands perish from disease, starvation, and exhaustion. In the Republic of Texas, he bears witness to the doomed last stand of Chief Bowles and his band of Cherokee, who refuse to sacrifice the lands promised them by Sam Houston. More than a century later, Amos's great-great-grandson narrates the story of his ancestor's harrowing journey and heroic survival, in "a novel every American should be required to read" that brings a shameful chapter of US history to life (Los Angeles Times). From the National Book Awardâ??nominated author of Home from the Hill and Farther Off from Heaven, No Resting Place "is more than one boy's story; it is the story of a nation dispossessed and brought to its knees by the greed and power of another" (Library Journal). This ebook features an illustrated biography of William Humphrey including rare photos form the author's estate Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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From the beginning I could tell that this book was going to be a challenge. The author has a very unique writing style and one that I am not accustomed to reading. I'll be honest, I almost gave up on this book but I wanted so bad to see what my ancestors saw and feel what they felt that I pressed on and I'm so glad that I did.
It is a hard story to read and another sad note in American history. Much like the holocaust, Native Americans were forced off their land by the "white man" and moved first to concentration camps and then west. Depending on the compassion of the officer that came knocking on your door, some families were able to take some of their belongings with them while others left with only the clothes on their back. I cannot even begin to imagine what that trek must've been like.
If you are into Native American history or history in general I highly recommend it! While painful to hear, it's a story everyone should know. ( )