Only the Names Remain
Only the Names Remain describes the life of the Cherokee Indians in Georgia. Before and after the U.S. government forcibly removed them from their land, this history of the Cherokees in Georgia brings both clarity and immediacy to a complicated story.
The book concisely covers the period from centuries before the arrival of the first white man in 1540, to the removal of most traces of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia after 1837. It also covers the Trail of Tears, a journey that took one life in four among those who attempted it.
- Rodanas’s black-and-white drawings newly embellishes this edition. The illustrations soberly present Cherokee artifacts in full pages preceding each brief chapter. They make this slender work even more accessible.