John Ross: Cherokee Chief de Moulton, Gary E - 1978

Athens, GA: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1978. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly faded; some shelf wear; spine is gently creased as well as the upper corner of the front of the wrapper; some foxing to the outer page edges; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and with illustrated tan wrapper with black lettering. 282 unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "In John Ross, Cherokee Chief, Gary Moulton examines the life of the man who led the Cherokee people during the most trying and tragic period of their long history. Ross was the principal Cherokee negotiator with the encroaching whites during the Georgia gold rush, guided the tribe through the treacherous years of the Civil War, and struggled to preserve unity among his people during their removal westward by the United States government, along the "Trail of Tears."....