The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance by Ellen Cushman

The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance

Ellen Cushman

256 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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In 1821, Sequoyah, a Cherokee metalworker and inventor, introduced a writing system that he had been developing for more than a decade. His creation—the Cherokee syllabary—helped his people learn to read and write within five years and became a pr...

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