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June 18, 2014
I Enjoyed my Visit to the Cherokee Museum!
Mastodon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The self-guided tour at The Museum of the Cherokee Indian begins with the “Story Lodge,” where ancient Cherokee myths appear through computer animation. You continue through the Paleo period, when mastodons were killed with simple spears. Through the Archaic and Woodland periods, people adapted the environment to their needs, creating agriculture, trade, and villages. The elaborate ceremonial activities of the Mississippian period echo throughout today’s traditions. The period of contact brought trade, disease, war, and many cultural changes.
June 17, 2014
Check out “Unto These Hills” Show!
One of the longest-running outdoor dramas in the U.S., Unto These Hills has thrilled and entertained more than six million people since 1950. Recently rewritten to better reflect the Cherokee‘s true history and culture, the play is a ‘must see’ when visiting the Smokies.
June 16, 2014
Losing St. Christopher Promotion in Cherokee, NC!
Check out my visit to Oconaluftee Indian Village, Cherokee, NC!
This is seventh generation Cherokee craftsman, Bruce Reed. The war club is a replica from the Cherokee Trilogy novels that Mr. Reed is crafting for me. It was a pleasure to hold it as it nears completion.
This is me with Jasper, one of the local reenactors holding an authentic Cherokee war club.
I was able to spend almost an hour with Mr. Robert Wolf, local native Cherokee historian.
June 6, 2014
Losing St. Christopher & How Angels Die in Top 75!
I am so happy to announce that Losing St. Christopher & How Angels Die are in Amazon’s Top 100!
How Angels Die is #17 on Amazon!
Losing St. Christopher is #75 on Amazon!
On the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Consider the American Holocaust. Did the Nazis Borrow a Page from US History?
The author with items from the crossroads of How Angels Die, Cherokee Talisman, and the newest release, Losing St. Christopher - an 18th century Cherokee arrowhead (COA), flint knapped scrapping knife , a Cherokee Rose Stone, and an early Nazi SS armband (replica), spread on a newspaper (The Globe of Washington, D.C.) dated March 31, 1832 with several articles chronicling a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Cherokee Nation.
Each year, when the anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy invasion draws near, I am petitioned with questions pursuant to the writing of the WWII novel, How Angels Die. For the most part, I am able to rely on the extensive research conducted for the novel seasoned with the personal accounts of my uncles – who were there. The novel’s continued strong position as a sales leader (especially in Europe) remains a blessing. However, this year I am confronted with a new set of facts and a broader impact I wish to share.
Losing St. Christopher, Book 2 in the Cherokee Trilogy was released Wednesday June 4th. . And while the two novels share the historical fiction genre, they share another common link that is virtually unknown.
Angels, with its storyline centered on the French Resistance references the Nazis and their brutal tactics. St. Christopher details one family’s trek on the infamous Trail of Tears as well as the greed and political wrangling that led to the 1,200 mile forced death march .
What the research uncovers is that 100 years after the interment, starvation, and force migration of the Cherokee from Georgia, the Carolinas, and eastern Tennessee, similar tactics were utilized by the Nazis in the removal of European Jews and other deemed ‘undesirable’ to the Third Reich. While a cursory glance would show a passing similarity, in-depth research uncovers a deeper, harsher reality.
100 years before Auschwitz
When Hitler and the Nazi war machine researched a blueprint for their ‘Final Solution,’ they looked to the United States Congress and vote number 149, May 26, 1830. Through The Indian Removal Act, the United States government introduced starvation, disease, and warehousing of human beings as a sanctioned method to annihilate a people, a culture, and a way of life.
In 1953, Albert Speer, Germany’s Minister of Armaments & War Production, wrote from Spandau Prison, Berlin, of the genocide of the American Indian. Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, leader of the dreaded German S.S., Adolf Eichmann, chief mechanic of the Holocaust, and others, had studied the United States Government’s removal and attempted eradication of the American Indian. The Nazis employed similar approaches, admittedly on a far more massive and destructive scale, a hundred years later.
The saying is, “History repeats itself.” As we commemorate the sacrifice of so many dedicated individuals at Normandy, the liberation of the Nazi death camps, and defeat of Hitler’s Germany, save a reverent thought for the American Indian whose suffering was inflicted, not by a maniacal madman leading pagans with wanton bloodlust in their eyes, but by the United States of America – a Nation whose founding premise was freedom.
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Get Your Copy of Losing St. Christopher Now!
In 1953 Albert Speer, Germany’s Minister of Armaments & War Production during World War II, wrote from his cell in Spandau Prison, West Berlin, regarding the genocide of the American Indian. The Nazis’ study of the treatment and eradication of the American Indian was an element in the plan for the “Final Solution” – the eradication of European Jews and others deemed undesirable or a threat to the Aryan order. Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann, and others who administered the Nazi Holocaust had looked to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the subsequent actions of the United States Government as the blueprint for annihilation of a people, a culture, and a way of life. In Losing St. Christopher, Totsuhwa, the revered shaman of the Cherokee Nation, struggles against the assimilation of his people into the white world of men he sees as invaders. The colonists, along with Cherokee who are trying to bridge both worlds, see him as a barbarous threat. When Totsuhwa’s visions show him the outcome, it is as black as his deep set haunting eyes. Chancellor, his son, takes a white wife following study at a missionary school and the shaman’s fears seem realized. Conflicts between cultures and within the family erupt when Totsuhwa’s only grandchild is forced onto the Trail of Tears. In the chase that follows, an estranged love fights to stem the ugly flow of racism that is moving in two directions. “History is written by the victorious, but when almost forgotten historical characters are brought to life, and their stories told, they are preserved through the ages, and in this preservation David-Michael Harding has succeeded.” – Principal Chief Bill John Baker, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK
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May 15, 2014
Losing St. Christopher Out June 4th!
Historical fiction unveils the cruel past of the founding of America
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Losing St. Christopher chronicles Book 2 in the Cherokee Series and follows a family split by vision for the future, but held together by love, as they assimilate into European culture, their betrayal, and escape from the Trail of Tears.
David-Michael Harding weaves his admiration of Native American culture and history in his newest release, Losing St. Christopher. While technically a work of fiction, Harding’s novel builds on a factual base in order to educate readers about a unique period in history when one nation was born and another nearly died.
In 1953 Albert Speer, Germany’s Minister of Armaments & War Production during World War II, wrote from his prison cell in Berlin regarding the genocide of the American Indian. The Nazis’ study of the treatment and eradication of American Indians was an element in the plan for the “Final Solution.” Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann, and others who administered the Nazi Holocaust had looked to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the subsequent actions of the United States Government as the blueprint for annihilation of a people, a culture, and a way of life.
In Losing St. Christopher, Totsuhwa, the revered shaman of the Cherokee Nation, struggles against the assimilation of his people into the white world of men he sees as invaders. The colonists, along with Cherokee who are trying to bridge both worlds, see him as a barbarous threat. When Totsuhwa’s visions show him the outcome, it is as black as his deep set haunting eyes. Chancellor, his son, takes a white wife following study at a missionary school and the shaman’s fears seem realized. Conflicts between cultures and within the family erupt when Totsuhwa’s only grandchild is forced onto the Trail of Tears. In the chase that follows, an estranged love fights to stem the ugly flow of racism that is moving in two directions.
With its historical basis and fictional storyline, Losing St. Christopher will educate readers while entertaining them with a story of culture, inner conflict and the evolution of a nation. Harding hopes his novel will create an impact on readers and shed light on a lost, forgotten, and dark page of our history.
“Cherokee Talisman brings to life characters from our history and through a flare for fiction and historical research, Harding tells their story. Cherokees that might be painted by racist misconceptions as blood thirsty savages are humanized by Harding, making them heroes of a very real time. History is written by the victorious, but when almost forgotten historical characters are brought to life they are preserved for the ages, and in this preservation David-Michael Harding has succeeded.” – Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker
Flag of the Cherokee Nation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Losing St. Christopher Out May 30th!
Historical fiction unveils the cruel past of the founding of America
-
Losing St. Christopher chronicles Book 2 in the Cherokee Series and follows a family split by vision for the future, but held together by love, as they assimilate into European culture, their betrayal, and escape from the Trail of Tears.
David-Michael Harding weaves his admiration of Native American culture and history in his newest release, Losing St. Christopher. While technically a work of fiction, Harding’s novel builds on a factual base in order to educate readers about a unique period in history when one nation was born and another nearly died.
In 1953 Albert Speer, Germany’s Minister of Armaments & War Production during World War II, wrote from his prison cell in Berlin regarding the genocide of the American Indian. The Nazis’ study of the treatment and eradication of American Indians was an element in the plan for the “Final Solution.” Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann, and others who administered the Nazi Holocaust had looked to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the subsequent actions of the United States Government as the blueprint for annihilation of a people, a culture, and a way of life.
In Losing St. Christopher, Totsuhwa, the revered shaman of the Cherokee Nation, struggles against the assimilation of his people into the white world of men he sees as invaders. The colonists, along with Cherokee who are trying to bridge both worlds, see him as a barbarous threat. When Totsuhwa’s visions show him the outcome, it is as black as his deep set haunting eyes. Chancellor, his son, takes a white wife following study at a missionary school and the shaman’s fears seem realized. Conflicts between cultures and within the family erupt when Totsuhwa’s only grandchild is forced onto the Trail of Tears. In the chase that follows, an estranged love fights to stem the ugly flow of racism that is moving in two directions.
With its historical basis and fictional storyline, Losing St. Christopher will educate readers while entertaining them with a story of culture, inner conflict and the evolution of a nation. Harding hopes his novel will create an impact on readers and shed light on a lost, forgotten, and dark page of our history.
“Cherokee Talisman brings to life characters from our history and through a flare for fiction and historical research, Harding tells their story. Cherokees that might be painted by racist misconceptions as blood thirsty savages are humanized by Harding, making them heroes of a very real time. History is written by the victorious, but when almost forgotten historical characters are brought to life they are preserved for the ages, and in this preservation David-Michael Harding has succeeded.” – Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker
Flag of the Cherokee Nation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Losing St. Christopher Due Out Week of May 19th, 2014!
Historical fiction unveils the cruel past of the founding of America
-
Losing St. Christopher chronicles Book 2 in the Cherokee Series and follows a family split by vision for the future, but held together by love, as they assimilate into European culture, their betrayal, and escape from the Trail of Tears.
David-Michael Harding weaves his admiration of Native American culture and history in his newest release, Losing St. Christopher. While technically a work of fiction, Harding’s novel builds on a factual base in order to educate readers about a unique period in history when one nation was born and another nearly died.
In 1953 Albert Speer, Germany’s Minister of Armaments & War Production during World War II, wrote from his prison cell in Berlin regarding the genocide of the American Indian. The Nazis’ study of the treatment and eradication of American Indians was an element in the plan for the “Final Solution.” Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann, and others who administered the Nazi Holocaust had looked to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the subsequent actions of the United States Government as the blueprint for annihilation of a people, a culture, and a way of life.
In Losing St. Christopher, Totsuhwa, the revered shaman of the Cherokee Nation, struggles against the assimilation of his people into the white world of men he sees as invaders. The colonists, along with Cherokee who are trying to bridge both worlds, see him as a barbarous threat. When Totsuhwa’s visions show him the outcome, it is as black as his deep set haunting eyes. Chancellor, his son, takes a white wife following study at a missionary school and the shaman’s fears seem realized. Conflicts between cultures and within the family erupt when Totsuhwa’s only grandchild is forced onto the Trail of Tears. In the chase that follows, an estranged love fights to stem the ugly flow of racism that is moving in two directions.
With its historical basis and fictional storyline, Losing St. Christopher will educate readers while entertaining them with a story of culture, inner conflict and the evolution of a nation. Harding hopes his novel will create an impact on readers and shed light on a lost, forgotten, and dark page of our history.
“Cherokee Talisman brings to life characters from our history and through a flare for fiction and historical research, Harding tells their story. Cherokees that might be painted by racist misconceptions as blood thirsty savages are humanized by Harding, making them heroes of a very real time. History is written by the victorious, but when almost forgotten historical characters are brought to life they are preserved for the ages, and in this preservation David-Michael Harding has succeeded.” – Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker
Flag of the Cherokee Nation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Losing St. Christopher Due Out Next Week!
Historical fiction unveils the cruel past of the founding of America
-
Losing St. Christopher chronicles Book 2 in the Cherokee Series and follows a family split by vision for the future, but held together by love, as they assimilate into European culture, their betrayal, and escape from the Trail of Tears.
David-Michael Harding weaves his admiration of Native American culture and history in his newest release, Losing St. Christopher. While technically a work of fiction, Harding’s novel builds on a factual base in order to educate readers about a unique period in history when one nation was born and another nearly died.
In 1953 Albert Speer, Germany’s Minister of Armaments & War Production during World War II, wrote from his prison cell in Berlin regarding the genocide of the American Indian. The Nazis’ study of the treatment and eradication of American Indians was an element in the plan for the “Final Solution.” Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Eichmann, and others who administered the Nazi Holocaust had looked to the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the subsequent actions of the United States Government as the blueprint for annihilation of a people, a culture, and a way of life.
In Losing St. Christopher, Totsuhwa, the revered shaman of the Cherokee Nation, struggles against the assimilation of his people into the white world of men he sees as invaders. The colonists, along with Cherokee who are trying to bridge both worlds, see him as a barbarous threat. When Totsuhwa’s visions show him the outcome, it is as black as his deep set haunting eyes. Chancellor, his son, takes a white wife following study at a missionary school and the shaman’s fears seem realized. Conflicts between cultures and within the family erupt when Totsuhwa’s only grandchild is forced onto the Trail of Tears. In the chase that follows, an estranged love fights to stem the ugly flow of racism that is moving in two directions.
With its historical basis and fictional storyline, Losing St. Christopher will educate readers while entertaining them with a story of culture, inner conflict and the evolution of a nation. Harding hopes his novel will create an impact on readers and shed light on a lost, forgotten, and dark page of our history.
“Cherokee Talisman brings to life characters from our history and through a flare for fiction and historical research, Harding tells their story. Cherokees that might be painted by racist misconceptions as blood thirsty savages are humanized by Harding, making them heroes of a very real time. History is written by the victorious, but when almost forgotten historical characters are brought to life they are preserved for the ages, and in this preservation David-Michael Harding has succeeded.” – Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker
Flag of the Cherokee Nation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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