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Title: The Proud and the Free

Author: Janet Dailey

Narrator: Pamela Hensley Vincent

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-16

Publisher: Phoenix Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The Proud and the Free takes us inside the Cherokee Nation's tumultuous struggle for justice in the early 1839's and sweeps us away in a surprising and unforgettable love story. Our heroine, Temple Gordon, is the daughter of an educated Cherokee leader and a young woman of uncommon beauty raised on her family's grand Southern plantation. She is fiercely devoted to Cherokee traditions and to her lover, The Blade Stuart, a visionary committed to a new future for the tribe. The romance between Temple and The Blade and the existence of the Cherokee Nation itself are soon tested by government pressure to surrender tribal territory and move west. While the Cherokees fight for their tribal land, Temple nearly loses everything she loves most and discovers an inner strength she never knew she had.

Members Reviews:

one of my all time favorites

I have given this book to so many friends and relatives Interested in Cherokee history and the Trail Of Tears. very well researched by Janet Dailey

Worth the time to read this one

"Go home and tell your people [the Cherokee] that their only hope for relief is to abandon their nation and remove to the west."

This book is centered around a fictional Cherokee family and puts them front and center with events prior to and through the tribe being forced to remove from their territorial lands - the Trail of Tears. While there is a romantic element to the story (and perhaps a tad too much sex), I wouldn't classify this as a romance novel, and some events that happen (especially during the march to Oklahoma) might be a bit much for some lighter minded readers. Don't pick this up with the expectation of a fluffy romance.

This was an interesting, albeit disturbing read and makes me very ashamed for my nation. My only quibble in the writing was the name of the hero (nickname actually) - The Blade. Just once I would have like to have heard his real name, like when he's sharing intimate moments with his wife, but no - every time he's mentioned it is The Blade, and I felt I was being clubbed over the head with it. Still worthwhile for those interested in this period.

A Duo To Admire

A Cherokee Adventure to Infamy and Back., June 15, 2006

Reviewer: Betty Burks (Knoxville, TN)

Recently, I went to Cherokee, North Carolina, to see the new "Trail of Tears." The Indians decided not to give it that evening. Money wasted, motel and meals expense wasted, time wasted: 'nought said. In this book, we have a woman of valor wiht a man of honor. Fiction, right! There are no men of honor anymore. The proud is Temple, part Cherokee, living in

Georgia and forced to walk to Oklahoma along the trial of tears. For eight years, the Cherokee Nation presented one treaty after another, to stay where they were.

The reservation on the Tennessee/North Carolina border and the detention camps are factual. Cherokees had their own constitution and laws, also an

elected government headed by wise women. The Indians revered their older women. There is a bust of one in the Whittle Courtyard for all to see.

But free, only Stuart the honorable was white and free. This is a rehash of the Pocohatus and John Smith story. Being part Cherokee myself, from my father's paternal side, I once wrote an article for a senior online

newsletter about my encounters with actual real Indians.