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John Rollin Ridge

His Life and Works

John Rollin Ridge( )
Author: Parins, James W.
Parins, James
Series title:American Indian Lives Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8032-3683-7
Publication Date:May 1991
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $55.00
Book Description:

John Rollin Ridge is the first full-length biography of a Cherokee whose best revenge was in writing well. A cross between Lord Byron, the romantic poet who made things happen, and Joaquin Murieta, the legendary bandit he would immortalize, John Rollin Ridge was a controversial, celebrated, and self-cast exile.

Ridge was born to a prominent Cherokee Indian family in 1827, a tumultuous and violent time when the state of Georgia was trying to impose its sovereignty on the...
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Book Details
Pages:260
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Native American
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 Inches
Book Weight:1.13 Pounds



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