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Sequoyah : the man who gave his people writing

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  • "The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extradorinary idea - to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers and writers. The task he set for himself was daunting. Sequoyah knew no English and had no idea how to capture speech on paper. But slowly and painstakingly, ignoring the hoots and jibes of his neighbors and friends, he worked out a system that surprised the Cherokee Nation - and the world of the 1820s - with its beauty and simplicity."
  • "While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read."

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  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Biographie"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Juvenile materials"

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  • "Sequoyah: The Man Who Gave His People Writing"
  • "Sequoyah : the Cherokee man who gave his people writing"
  • "Sequoyah : the man who gave his people writing"@en
  • "Sequoyah the Cherokee man who gave his people writing"

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