Janet Dailey's historical novels-including her beloved Calder family series-vaulted her to best seller stardom. Following a succession of highly successful contemporary romances, Janet Dailey returns to her historic roots in this magnificent story of turmoil, passion, and triumph.
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.
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"I got lost in this book, a must read" — Liz (4 out of 5 stars)
"I got lost in this book, a must read"
" I couldn't get into or read all the political talk going on, but the love story involved is touching and kept me reading it. It's heart breaking, tragic and filled with love and endurance. "
" I was appalled at the treatment of the Cherokee Indians in the early 1800's in Georgia. "
" Too much history in this book for me. It took place during the troubling times of slavery and our Native American's troubled times in the 1830's. A true love story if you're into historical fiction you may enjoy. I was glad when I was finished, although it had a happy ending. "
Janet Dailey had her first book published in 1976 and since then has written more than 100 novels, becoming one of the top-selling female authors in the world, with 325 million copies of her books sold in nineteen languages in ninety-eight countries. She is known for her strong, decisive characters, her extraordinary ability to recreate a time and a place, and her unerring courage to confront important, controversial issues in her stories. Please visit JanetDailey.com or find her on Facebook at Facebook.com/JanetDaileyAuthor.
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