The Reckoning: Blood Saga of the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Southeastern Expanssion

by Tim Kent

The Southeastern frontier westward expansion from 1750 to 1848 bringing pioneers into the Native American struggle for survival. It was the most dangerous period in history for a pioneer family to establish a home, as their entrance into the land clashed with the native people who were fighting for everything they possessed, including their very identity. In order to avoid removal, some Native Americans gave up their claim to the name, and there are many of their descendants today who cannot trace their ancestry on the Dawes Rolls. “The Reckoning gives great significance to our nation’s history and heritage of frontier pioneers and Native Americans, as ethnic groups and cultures are intertwined across the southeastern landscape of the United States. The Reckoning brings to life the characters in the story that leaves very little to the imagination!”

331 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 6, 2020

Reviews

[Shirley J · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can I write a positive review with all the uneasy and un-positive feelings that were mine by the time I had finished The Reckoning. Written about the years following the American Revolution of the settlement of what became Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama from Western North Carolina. The ways of the Native Americans I cannot say I understand from the distance that I view their lives and the events of their lives. I don't claim to do so. Certainly the flood of Europeans which overran their lands did not.
I had only seen the land through the eyes of a genealogist. Tim Kent changed that. The descriptions of the lands, the interactions between the various tribes and the white people who wanted their land was both exhilarating in the range of personalities and heart-breaking in the misunderstanding and betrayal by both groups. There could be no good outcome. But the lives of the peoples who marched across the stage we call our early American history left me impressed and stunned. If you are interested in knowing more about the late 1700s and early 1800s in our country, this is the book to read.

[Kelly Hudson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to count points off because this book doesn’t know what it wants to be. It’s written like non-fiction, but there aren’t footnotes or a bibliography. The author calls it a novel but if so, it’s a boring one with extraneous detail added. It’s a hybrid form that doesn’t work. Further, the author is not truthful at the end when he says Andrew Jackson didn’t hate the native Americans and intended the resettlement for their own good. He fails to mention that it was called The Trail of Tears.

[Virginia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.