Brigadier General Andrew Pickens was a primary force bringing about the end of British control in the Southern colonies. His efforts helped drive General Cornwallis to Yorktown, Virginia. His later actions on behalf of the Cherokee Nation are fully explored, and much never before published information about him, his family, and his peers is included. The author is a retired Chief Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Engineer for USAF Space Command at Peterson AFB Colorado, experienced historian and biographer

With the arrival of Europeans in North America, the Cherokee were one of the many Indian nations profoundly affected. This book thoroughly discusses the history of the Cherokee during the Colonial and Revolutionary War eras. Starting with the French and Indian War, the Cherokee were allied with the British government, overly relying on them for trade goods like poorly made muskets. The alliance proved unequal, with the British refusing aid--while settlers made incursions into Cherokee lands--while requiring the Cherokee to fight on the British side against the French and rebellious Americans....