The United States was growing at a rapid pace. For the settlers who were pushing west to the frontier and the Native Americans who were protecting their lands,

"Lerner Classroom"--P. [4] of cover on pbk. version.

A biography of the Cherokee leader who brought literacy to his people by translating the Cherokee language into a list of sylables.

A biography of Sequoyah, a member of the Cherokee tribe who was responsible for creating a syllabary that put the Cherokee language in writing, describing his c

The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary idea—to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a