To Marry an Indian: The Marriage of Harriett Gold and Elias Boudinot in Letters, 1823-1839

by Harriett Gold Boudinot

Book Overview

When nineteen-year-old Harriett Gold, from a prominent white family in Cornwall, Connecticut, announced in 1825 her intention to marry a Cherokee man, her shocked family initiated a spirited correspondence debating her decision to marry an Indian. Eventually, Gold's family members reconciled themselves to her wishes, and she married Elias Boudinot in 1826. After the marriage, she returned with Boudinot to the Cherokee Nation, where he went on to become...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856029
• ISBN13: 9780807856024
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"