Sequoyah (Civilization of American Indian) Unknown - 1959

Very good. University of Oklahoma, 1959, 2nd printing, 94 pages, hardcover in a badly worn/torn dust jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear to book.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Second printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Third printing. Minor general wear. 1970 Hard Cover. 85 pp. Sequoyah is widely celebrated as an unlettered Cherokee Indian who, entirely from the resources of his own brilliant mind, endowed his whole tribe with learning-the only man in history to conceive and perfect in its entirety an alphabet or syllabary. Soon after 1800, Sequoyah began to realize the magic of writing. He and other Indians of the time, who occasionally saw samples of writing, called these mysterious pages the white man's "talking leaf." He experimented aimlessly at first, but gradually his conception took practical shape. It was slow and laborious work for an untutored Cherokee. Finally, after twelve years of labor and discouragement, he completed his syllabary, composed of eighty-five symbols, each representing a sound in the Cherokee language. The simplicity of the syllabary and its easy adaptability to the… Leer más

Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Stated Third Printing. No extraneous markings. Protected by mylar cover. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.