(PDF/ePub) Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab Writen By Steve Inskeep
Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab
By : Steve Inskeep
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?The story of the Cherokee removal has been told many times, but never before has a single book given us such a sense of how it happened and what it meant, not only for Indians, but also for the future and soul of America.? ?The Washington Post ? Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of our fledgling democracy. ? One man we recognize: Andrew Jackson?war hero, populist, and exemplar of the expanding South?whose first major initiative as president instigated the massive expulsion of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears. The other is a half-forgotten figure: John Ross?a mixed-race Cherokee politician and diplomat?who used the United States? own legal system and democratic ideals to oppose Jackson.?Representing one of the Five Civilized Tribes who had adopted the ways of white settlers, Ross championed the tribes? cause all the
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Author : Steve Inskeep
Pages : 448 pages
Publisher : Penguin Books
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ISBN-10 : 014310831X
ISBN-13 : 9780143108313
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