Unconquerable: The Story of John Ross, Chief of the Cherokees, 1828-1866

by John M. Oskison and John Milton Oskison

Book Overview

Unconquerable is John Milton Oskison's biography of John Ross, written in the 1930s but unpublished until now. John Ross was principal chief of the Cherokees from 1828 to his death in 1866. Through the story of John Ross, Oskison also tells the story of the Cherokee Nation through some of its most dramatic events in the nineteenth century: the nation's difficult struggle against Georgia, its forced removal on the Trail of Tears, its internal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496231481
• ISBN13: 9781496231482
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"