Goodreads asked William R. Reynolds Jr.:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

William R. Reynolds Jr. I had worked on my genealogy for nearly 30 years, and I had already written the Andrew Pickens book. He was my 7x great-granduncle. His brother, Joseph Pickens (my 7x great-grandfather) was killed in the American Revolution.
Notorious Chickamauga Cherokee Chief Doublehead was also my 7x great-grandfather. the Cherokee were British allies, but the British gave them no reciprocity in their alliance, that is, the British gave them no aid regarding encroaching settlers on Cherokee land but expected the Cherokee to help them against rebelling colonists.
After completing the Pickens book I wanted to write from the Cherokee point of view. The Chickamauga were the 'gladiators' so to speak that tried to defend the Cherokee Nation.

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