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Cherokee Thoughts: Honest & Uncensored
No full textThe Worldcat summary for "Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored" by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) reads: "Distinguished novelist Robert J. Conley here examines some of the most interesting facets of the Cherokee world. In 26 essays laced with humor, understatement, and even sarcasm, this popular writer takes on politics, culture, his people's history, and what it means to be Cherokee.
Go-Ahead Rider
No full text“Go-Ahead Rider” is a Western mystery by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014). Conley recalled a publisher who challenged him to write “a novel with an Indian as a main character.” Not only did Conley write “Go-Ahead Rider,” but also “Strange Company” and two other books with the same character, a Cherokee sheriff who lived on a bluff overlooking Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Captain Dutch
No full textThe Worldcat summary for "Captain Dutch" by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) reads: "Conley delves deep into a past where fact and myth merge to create a powerful portrayal of the legendary Cherokee warrior Tahchee, known as Captain Dutch.
Peace Chief: A Novel of the Real People
No full textPiece Chief is the 8th of 12 novels in the Real People series by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014). "A young Indian's rise to a high position in the Cherokee nation. He is Young Puppy and through his eyes is seen a war between, on the one side, the Cherokee allied with the French and, on the other, the Indian slave-catchers working for the Spanish. By the author of War Woman." --Worldcat Summar
Cherokee Nation: A History
No full textAlthough the book was not published until 2009, Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) was asked to write “The Cherokee Nation: A History” while Wilma P. Mankiller was Principal Chief in the 1980s. Conley recalled that existing texts referred to the Cherokee as a “primitive Indian tribe” and nation emerging from “dark savagery.” So long in the making, Conley called the book’s publication, “grand and glorious thing.
Incident at Buffalo Crossing
No full text“Incident at Buffalo Crossing” by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) is a novel based on a story by Lee Somerville. Living in Paris, Texas, Conley knew Somerville through the Western Writers of America. The book was a three-time winner of the association’s Spur Award
Fugitive's Trail
No full text"The Fugitive's Trail" by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) is the first novel in the Western series with "Cold Hard Trail.
The Brothers
No full text“The Brothers” was written by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) in 2013. The book concerns the lives of three half-brothers, one of whom is Cherokee
Rattlesnake Band and Other Poems
No full text"Rattlesnake Band and Other Poems" by Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) is a bilingual collections of poems printed in the Cherokee syllabary and English
Back to Malachi
No full text"Back to Malachi" is part of the Double D Western Series and the 1st novel Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) published. It is "the story of Charlie Black, the son of a prosperous Cherokee family, who runs afoul of the law and becomes the leader of an outlaw band that strikes out on a very strange warpath." (WorldCat Summary)The novel was written because Conley could not find enough information about Ned Christie while he was doing historical research in Decalb, IL. Conley also wrote "Ned Christie's War.
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