{"product_id":"confederate-colonel-and-cherokee-chief-the-life-of-william-holland-thomas-paperback","title":"Confederate Colonel and Cherokee Chief: The Life of William Holland Thomas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. Stanly Jr. Godbold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e William Holland Thomas (1805-1893) was a unique transcultural figure. A white man from western North Carolina, he was adopted by a small Cherokee Indian band and later became its chief. Equally at home in a drawing room or at a Green Corn Dance, Thomas served as agent for the Oconaluftee Indians in Washington, protecting them from removal to the West in 1838 along the infamous Trail of Tears. Thomas was also a frontier merchant, a builder of railroads and turnpikes, a wealthy owner of land and slaves, a state senator, and a Confederate colonel in the Civil War, in which he commanded a legion of Cherokees and white Appalachians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this first published biography of Thomas, the authors depict nineteenth-century America at a turning point and document a human tragedy. An influential businessman and politician who enjoyed a storybook courtship and marriage, Thomas came to ruin when--as a member of the North Carolina secession convention--he committed his loyalty toward his people, family, and region to the hopeless cause of the Confederacy. This investigation of Thomas's life also reveals much about the culture and plight of the Cherokees, their experience with removal, their legal battle to \"legitimize\" themselves as citizens of North Carolina, and their role in the Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfederate Colonel and Cherokee Chief\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students of the Civil War and of Native American, North Carolina, Appalachian, and Southern history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Authors: E. Stanly Godbold, Jr., is a professor of history at Mississippi State University and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eChristopher Gadsden and the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e. Mattie U. Russell was curator of manuscripts in the William R. Perkins Library at Duke University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.66 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423845646403,"sku":"9781572331617","price":43.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/4399\/2899\/files\/TuPZTRzbCf9781572331617.webp?v=1781715838","url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/confederate-colonel-and-cherokee-chief-the-life-of-william-holland-thomas-paperback","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}