Sequoyah
Subtitle: the Cherokee man who gave his people writing
By: by James Rumford.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Sequoyah, -- 1770?-1843; Cherokee Indians -- Biography; Cherokee language -- Writing; Cherokee language -- Alphabet
Genres: Biography; Writing; Alphabet
Description: While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read.
Notes: English and Cherokee.