Reviews
PRAISE FOR IN MY BLOOD "Articulate, insightful...and substantial. A clear, incisive view of a complicated family." -- New York Times "A grand, candid, and sensitive family memoir...An enlightening inquiry, unique in its perspective on American history and trenchant in its insights into the many facets of inheritance" --Chicago Tribune "An extraordinary memoir . . . [that] engages us with the powers and insights of a great novel." -- Boston Globe "A gorgeous memoir, a fascinating, impressively researched account of a family." -- USA Today, PRAISE FOR BLOOD MOON "With powerful, graceful prose, John Sedgwick brings to life a haunting, largely forgotten tale about the Cherokee, one of the most storied tribes in American history." --Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic "This is a wild ride of a book--fascinating, chilling, and enlightening--that explains the removal of the Cherokee as one of the central dramas of our country. The story of the Trail of Tears, and of its aftermath in Arkansas and Oklahoma, has never been told with more passion or finesse. Parts of it read like a nonfiction True Grit . I found Blood Moon to be an unputdownable read." --Ian Frazier, author of Great Plains and On the Rez "The most important history to know is the history that has been deliberately hidden from us. John Sedgwick's absorbing and ultimately damning story of the destruction of the Cherokee Nation--so that white settlers could pour in and take over their rich lands--finally unearths the ugly but quintessentially American truth about our young nation's path to expansionism." --Rinker Buck, author of The Oregon Trail and First Job "John Sedgwick has captured and brought to life one of the most dramatic untold stories of nineteenth-century America: the forty-year blood feud waged between two proud and powerful Cherokee chiefs that instigated the notorious Trail of Tears and shaped the sorrowful history of the tribe even more than the reviled President Andrew Jackson. Sedgwick has been blessed with the historian's essential gifts--the compelling ability to produce a page-turning saga combined with the insight into a tragedy that is still keenly felt today." --Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 "A vigorous, well-written book that distills a complex history to a clash between two men without oversimplifying." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Stunning . . . A must-read." -- Men's Journal "Engrossing . . . Mr. Sedgwick's account is filled with riveting, often gory details. . . . The harrowing parts of the story add not simply drama but insight . . . Mr. Sedgwick's subtitle calls the Cherokee story an 'American Epic,' and indeed it is." --H. W. Brands, The Wall Street Journal "With powerful, graceful prose, John Sedgwick brings to life a haunting, largely forgotten tale about the Cherokee, one of the most storied tribes in American history." --Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic "This is a wild ride of a book--fascinating, chilling, and enlightening--that explains the removal of the Cherokee as one of the central dramas of our country. The story of the Trail of Tears, and of its aftermath in Arkansas and Oklahoma, has never been told with more passion or finesse. Parts of it read like a nonfiction True Grit . I found Blood Moon to be an unputdownable read." --Ian Frazier, author of Great Plains and On the Rez "The most important history to know is the history that has been deliberately hidden from us. John Sedgwick's absorbing and ultimately damning story of the destruction of the Cherokee Nation--so that white settlers could pour in and take over their rich lands--finally unearths the ugly but quintessentially American truth about our young nation's path to expansionism." --Rinker Buck, author of The Oregon Trail and First Job "John Sedgwick has captured and brought to life one of the most dramatic untold stories of nineteenth-century America: the forty-year blood feud waged between two proud and powerful Cherokee chiefs that instigated the notorious Trail of Tears and shaped the sorrowful history of the tribe even more than the reviled President Andrew Jackson. Sedgwick has been blessed with the historian's essential gifts--the compelling ability to produce a page-turning saga combined with the insight into a tragedy that is still keenly felt today." --Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 "A vigorous, well-written book that distills a complex history to a clash between two men without oversimplifying." -- Kirkus Reviews, PRAISE FOR WAR OF TWO "John Sedgwick has done a great thing here: He has painted a compelling and original portrait of a defining American rivalry. A story of ambition, conviction, and finally of bloodshed. The Burr Hamilton saga has at last found a chronicler commensurate with its epic scope and lasting impact." --Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power "John Sedgwick rescues the most famous duel in history from musty mythology and gives us a richly textured, spirited, absorbing tale of yearning, rivalry, and pathos. War of Two reads like the Great American Novel--but it's all true." --Evan Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Being Nixon: A Man Divided " War of Two pulls the reader into an explosive historical narrative. With Sedgwick's deft, clever writing, this true story of the dangerous and dramatic world of the Founders becomes as gripping as any novel." --Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookaneer, PRAISE FOR IN MY BLOOD "Articulate, insightful...and substantial. A clear, incisive view of a complicated family." -- New York Times "A grand, candid, and sensitive family memoir...An enlightening inquiry, unique in its perspective on American history and trenchant in its insights into the many facets of inheritance" --Chicago Tribune "An extraordinary memoir . . . [that] engages us with the powers and insights of a great novel." -- Boston Globe "A gorgeous memoir, a fascinating, impressively researched account of a family." -- USA Today, PRAISE FOR BLOOD MOON "With powerful, graceful prose, John Sedgwick brings to life a haunting, largely forgotten tale about the Cherokee, one of the most storied tribes in American history." --Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic "This is a wild ride of a book--fascinating, chilling, and enlightening--that explains the removal of the Cherokee as one of the central dramas of our country. The story of the Trail of Tears, and of its aftermath in Arkansas and Oklahoma, has never been told with more passion or finesse. Parts of it read like a nonfiction True Grit . I found Blood Moon to be an unputdownable read." --Ian Frazier, author of Great Plains and On the Rez "The most important history to know is the history that has been deliberately hidden from us. John Sedgwick's absorbing and ultimately damning story of the destruction of the Cherokee Nation--so that white settlers could pour in and take over their rich lands--finally unearths the ugly but quintessentially American truth about our young nation's path to expansionism." --Rinker Buck, author of The Oregon Trail and First Job "John Sedgwick has captured and brought to life one of the most dramatic untold stories of nineteenth-century America: the forty-year blood feud waged between two proud and powerful Cherokee chiefs that instigated the notorious Trail of Tears and shaped the sorrowful history of the tribe even more than the reviled President Andrew Jackson. Sedgwick has been blessed with the historian's essential gifts--the compelling ability to produce a page-turning saga combined with the insight into a tragedy that is still keenly felt today." --Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666, PRAISE FOR WAR OF TWO "John Sedgwick has done a great thing here: He has painted a compelling and original portrait of a defining American rivalry. A story of ambition, conviction, and finally of bloodshed. The Burr Hamilton saga has at last found a chronicler commensurate with its epic scope and lasting impact." --Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power "John Sedgwick rescues the most famous duel in history from musty mythology and gives us a richly textured, spirited, absorbing tale of yearning, rivalry, and pathos. War of Two reads like the Great American Novel--but it's all true." --Evan Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Being Nixon: A Man Divided " War of Two pulls the reader into an explosive historical narrative. With Sedgwick's deft, clever writing, this true story of the dangerous and dramatic world of the Founders becomes as gripping as any novel." --Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookaneer, PRAISE FOR BLOOD MOON "With powerful, graceful prose, John Sedgwick brings to life a haunting, largely forgotten tale about the Cherokee, one of the most storied tribes in American history." --Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic "The most important history to know is the history that has been deliberately hidden from us. John Sedgwick's absorbing and ultimately damning story of the destruction of the Cherokee Nation--so that white settlers could pour in and take over their rich lands--finally unearths the ugly but quintessentially American truth about our young nation's path to expansionism." --Rinker Buck, author of The Oregon Trail and First Job, PRAISE FOR BLOOD MOON "With powerful, graceful prose, John Sedgwick brings to life a haunting, largely forgotten tale about the Cherokee, one of the most storied tribes in American history." --Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic "The most important history to know is the history that has been deliberately hidden from us. John Sedgwick's absorbing and ultimately damning story of the destruction of the Cherokee Nation--so that white settlers could pour in and take over their rich lands--finally unearths the ugly but quintessentially American truth about our young nation's path to expansionism." --Rinker Buck, author of The Oregon Trail and First Job "John Sedgwick has captured and brought to life one of the most dramatic untold stories of nineteenth-century America: the forty-year blood feud waged between two proud and powerful Cherokee chiefs that instigated the notorious Trail of Tears and shaped the sorrowful history of the tribe even more than the reviled President Andrew Jackson. Sedgwick has been blessed with the historian's essential gifts--the compelling ability to produce a page-turning saga combined with the insight into a tragedy that is still keenly felt today." --Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666
