Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man who Gave His People Writing
- ISBN-10
- 0618369473
- ISBN-13
- 9780618369478
- Series
- Sequoyah
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- Cherokee
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- James Rumford
Description
The story of Sequoyah and his successful effort to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians is rendered into a poem celebrating literacy and the accomplishments of the Cherokee Nation.
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- 2004-11-01
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