Poems. - Paperback

by Wanda Patterson (Editor), J. B. Tate (Editor), W. Jeff Bishop (Editor)

A selection of 19th century poems by John Rollin Ridge, a Cherokee Nation citizen who was the earliest Native American novelist.

Author Biography

John Rollin Ridge or "Yellow Bird" (1827 - 1867), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is considered the first Native American novelist. Ridge was the son of Treaty Party leader John Ridge and the grandson of Major Ridge, longtime Speaker of the Cherokee Nation.