Nancy Swimmer will become one of twentieth century literature's most dynamic women. Clyde Bolton has created a voice in Nancy that speaks as powerfully as Sethe, from Toni Morrison's Pulitzer winning Beloved, or Charles Frazier's Ada, whose strength exuded from Cold Mountain, a National Book Award winner. Clyde Bolton's writing has won dozens of awards, and Nancy Smimmer: A Story of the Cherokee Nation, is his best work. This can't-put-it-down drama allows the reader to fell Nancy's emotions as she becomes addicted to language (the history of Cherokee writing and education is acurately told) and contributes to a newspaper circulated around the world. Nancy demonstrates courage and strength few could muster as the Georgia militia work their "ethnic cleansing" in a fashion as brutal as any modern day storm trooper. Nancy's human shortcomings of envy, infidelity and materialism are magnificently blended with her boldness and brilliance to create a character easily interchanged with contemporary woman. Even the most learned historian will glean a startling insight into the advanced level of sophistication in the Cherokee Nation and the despicable plunder by the state of Georgia. Nancy Swimmer gives breath to the best story ever written about "The Trail Where They Cried".