Sold into slavery as an interpreter for the ruthless gold-seeking conquistador Don Hernando De Soto, elderly Deadwood Lighter vows to escape De Soto in order to warn the Cherokee nation of his imminent arrival. Reprint.
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Conley continues the saga of his own Cherokee people (The Way South, etc.) in this stirring tale of invasion and evil that centers around the memories of an aged 16th-century Cherokee priest. Captured by Indians far to the west of Cherokee country, the priest, Deadwood Lighter, is made a slave and eventually sold to a Spaniard who takes him to Havana. There, his new master joins Hernando de Soto's famous expedition through Florida and what is now the southeastern U.S. The Cherokee finds much to be astonished and appalled at in the habits of these strange men from across the water. How can they be so casually cruel to the indigenous peoples they encounter, for instance, and at the same time profess to be highly religious? As de Soto's forces near Cherokee territory, Deadwood Lighter escapes and makes his way home-only to find a society profoundly changed since his departure many years before. Conley, a two-time Spur winner, tells his story, the fifth in his Real People series, forcefully and makes intelligent use of Cherokee history and myth.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"...Conley tells his story forcefully and makes intelligent use of Cherokee history and myth." -- Publishers Weekly
--This text refers to the
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