{"product_id":"cherokee-editor-9780820318097","title":"Cherokee Editor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects most of the writings published by the accomplished Cherokee leader Elias Boudinot (1804?-1839). Founding editor of the \u003ci\u003eCherokee Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e, Boudinot is the most ambiguous and puzzling figure in Cherokee history. Although he first struggled against the removal of his people from their native Southeast, Boudinot later reversed his position and signed the Treaty of New Echota, an action that cost him his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether with Theda Perdue's biographical introduction and in-depth annotations, these letters, articles, pamphlets, and editorials document the stages of Boudinot's religious, philosophical, and political growth, from his early optimism that the Cherokees could completely assimilate into white society to his call for a separate nation of \"civilized\" Cherokees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHEDA PERDUE is a professor of history at the University of Kentucky. She is the author or editor of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cherokee and Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society, 1540-1866.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328896209170,"sku":"9780820318097","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96f96be8-a10b-4993-82b0-f20facc952fe.jpg?v=1727754230","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cherokee-editor-9780820318097","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}