Wofford’s Blood (Mercer University Press 2024) is a stunning work of historical fiction based on the life of James Daugherty (J. D.) Wofford, a half White, half Cherokee, who became a conductor and interpreter on the Trail of Tears. Author Donna Coffey Little tells readers in an “Author’s Note” at the beginning that the interviews […]
December Read of the Month: “Wofford’s Blood” by Donna Coffey Little
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Donna Meredith interviews Donna Coffey Little, author of “Wofford’s Blood”
Book Summary: Wofford’s Blood is an epic family saga saturated in Cherokee and North Georgia history. It is 1815, in the contested borderland between the state of Georgia and the Cherokee Nation, and thirteen-year-old J.D. Wofford, son of a Cherokee mother and a white Intruder father, must choose where his loyalties lie. He spends his […]
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