Basel, Roberta.

Sequoyah : inventor of written Cherokee / by Roberta Basel. - Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, 2007. - 112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. - Signature lives : American frontier era .

Includes index and glossary.

Includes bibliographic references.

Talking leaves -- A Cherokee childhood -- A nation deceived -- Taming a wild animal -- Spreading like fire -- The Phoenix rises -- Treaties and travels -- Uniting the nation -- A final mission -- The world remembers a genius.

A biography profiling the life of Sequoyah, the Cherokee leader who is remembered as the inventor of a written language for the Cherokee Native Americans. Includes source notes and timeline.

5-7 5-7 1010L Lexile



0756518873 $34.60

2006027076


Sequoyah, 1770?-1843.


Cherokee Indians--Biography.
Native Americans--United States--Biography.
Cherokee language--Alphabet.

E99.C5

975.004/975570092 B / Sequoyah

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