John Rollin Ridge: His Life and Works

by James W. Parins

Book Overview

John Rollin Ridge is the first full-length biography of a Cherokee whose best revenge was in writing well. A cross between Lord Byron, the romantic poet who made things happen, and Joaquin Murieta, the legendary bandit he would immortalize, John Rollin Ridge was a controversial, celebrated, and self-cast exile.

Ridge was born to a prominent Cherokee Indian family in 1827, a tumultuous and violent time when the state of Georgia was trying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803287801
• ISBN13: 9780803287808
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 8.5"