James A. Humphrey is retired with his wife of fifty years in Grapevine, Texas. By birthright, he is a certified citizen of the Cherokee Nation and takes online language classes from their language department. The author is an oil painter.
“Like painting, writing needs a stimulus. My paternal grandmother, Ella Waters, a Dawes’ Roll registrant, inspires my stories and I use her dialogue, history, culture, and language with focus and respect.”
This trilogy, “Cherokee Rock,” “Cherokee Rose,” and Cherokee Reel” tells the poignant story of a Cherokee families’ and culture’s disintegration.”
Through colonial expansion, a forced removal, and pre- and post-Civil War crisis, this saga entertains the reader through Cherokee history as an extended family faces a tumultuous future.
The three novels follow different family members, two sisters and their father. Each story explores much different characters and epochs. In common, they stimulate your perceptions of justice and a self-analysis of your modern soul.
