Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation

An astonishing untold story from the nineteenth century-a “riveting...engrossing...`American Epic'” (The Wall Street Journal) and necessary work of history that reads like Gone with the Wind for the Cherokee.

“A vigorous, well-written book that distills a complex history to a clash between two men without oversimplifying” (Kirkus Reviews), Blood Moon is the story of the feud between two rival Cherokee chiefs from the early years of the United States through the infamous Trail of Tears and in...