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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile materials Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Sequoyah; Sequoyah |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Rumford |
| ISBN: | 0618369473 9780618369478 |
| OCLC Number: | 54082172 |
| Language Note: | English and Cherokee. |
| Awards: | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2005. |
| Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by James Rumford. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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.
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