Sequoyah : the Cherokee man who gave his people writing / by James Rumford.
2004
E99.C5 S3875 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
Sequoyah : the Cherokee man who gave his people writing / by James Rumford.
Author
Rumford, James, 1948-
ISBN
0618369473
Publication Details
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.
Language
English
Language Note
English and Cherokee.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Item Number
9780618369478
Call Number
E99.C5 S3875 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
975.004/97557/0092 B
Summary
While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read.
Awards
Jane Addams Honor, 2005.
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