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The Way South (Real People) [Paperback]

Robert J. Conley (Author)
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Real People October 2000
"No one weaves a tribal story quite like Robert Conley. Conley's books are entertaining, colorful, and chock-full of tribal history and culture."--Wilma P. Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

Few writers portray Native American life and history as richly, authentically, and insightfully as Robert J. Conley, an important voice of the Cherokee past. The novels in his Real People series combine powerful characters, gripping plots, and vivid descriptions of tradition and mythology to preserve Cherokee culture and history.

In this, the fourth novel of Robert J. Conley's saga of the Real People, Carrier, a young Cherokee trader, comes of age during his first solo trip to the Timucua. The Way South narrates Carrier's efforts to forge an alliance of southern tribes against an incursion of Spanish explorers.


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Robert J. Conley, a three-time winner of the Spur award, is the author of The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories and Mountain Windsong: A Novel of the Trail of Tears, both published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (October 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0806132752
  • ISBN-13: 978-0806132754
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,221,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, May 8, 2008
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This review is from: The Way South (Real People) (Paperback)
This is a interesting story about a young trader named Carrier, Cherokee, whom journeys to Florida to trade. He has heard countless stories about the hairy white men, Spaniards, whom have recently visited coastal tribes. Carrier portrays the naive and innocence of past civilization; He is not greedy, selfish, or evil. He only wants to trade with these strange men, wanting to know about them. Expecting men willing to trade, he witnesses first hand the cruelty and savagery the white men offer. These men have not come to trade, but to conquer.
I wont spoil the ending but it is a good read. It helps non-indigenous people understand our culture and tradition. Conley casts vivid images of a civilization lost in time and a land that was once pure and full of wonder. The history of the Spaniards is also well told, not of explorers how modern day scholars would like to deceive students, but the harsh truth; invaders enslaving purity, raping the land in search of fortune.
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