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The Cherokee Lottery: A Sequence of Poems

by William Jay Smith

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For the first time in poetic form, The Cherokee Lottery treats one of the greatest tragedies in American history, the forced removal of the Southern Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. When gold was discovered on Cherokee land in northern Georgia in 1828, the U.S. Government passed the Removal Act, and 18,000 Cherokees, along with other southern tribes--Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Creeks--were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma territory. Herded along under armed guard, they traveled in bitter cold weather and as many as a quarter died on what became known as "The Trail of Tears."

In powerful poetry of epic proportions, which Harold Bloom has called his best work, Smith paints a stark and vivid picture of this ordeal and its principal participants, among them Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, and Osceola, the Seminole chief.

Synopsis:

Poetry. American Indian Studies. William Jay Smith first became interested in the forced removal of the Southern Indians while exploring his family background and Choctaw heritage for his memoir Army Brat, and this research was the inspiration for "The Cherokee Lottery".

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781880684665

Author:

Smith, William Jay

Author:

Wilson, Charles Banks

Author:

Catlin, George

Author:

DuPont, Albert

Publisher:

Curbstone Press

Location:

Willimantic, CT :

Subject:

History

Subject:

Poetry

Subject:

American - Native American

Subject:

Cherokee Indians

Subject:

Trail of Tears, 1838

Subject:

Relocation

Subject:

Single Author - Native American

Subject:

Trail of Tears, 18

Subject:

General Poetry

Subject:

General-General

Edition Description:

Paperback

Series Volume:

HB97

Publication Date:

20000531

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

72

Dimensions:

9 x 6.5 in

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Product details 72 pages Curbstone Press - 2000-05-00 English 9781880684665 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Libri, Poetry. American Indian Studies. William Jay Smith first became interested in the forced removal of the Southern Indians while exploring his family background and Choctaw heritage for his memoir Army Brat, and this research was the inspiration for "The Cherokee Lottery".