Bibliograph

Sequoyah, the Cherokee man who gave his people writing, by James Rumford ; [translated into Cherokee by Anna Sixkiller Huckaby]

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Sequoyah, the Cherokee man who gave his people writing, by James Rumford ; [translated into Cherokee by Anna Sixkiller Huckaby]

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

AD620L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sequoyah

Oclc number

54082172

Responsibility statement

by James Rumford ; [translated into Cherokee by Anna Sixkiller Huckaby]

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Accelerated Reader, LG, 3.7, 0.5, 0.5, 79891

Sub title

the Cherokee man who gave his people writing

Summary

"The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary ideato create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers and writers. The task he set for himself was daunting. Sequoyah knew no English and had no idea how to capture speech on paper. But slowly and painstakingly, ignoring the hoots and jibes of his neighbors and friends, he worked out a system that surprised the Cherokee Nationand the world of the 1820swith its beauty and simplicity. James Rumfords Sequoyah is a poem to celebrate literacy, a song of a peoples struggle to stand tall and proud."--, Amazon

Target audience

juvenile

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Cherokee man who gave his people writing

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