American Dreams - by Janet Dailey (Paperback)

About the Book

Originally published in 1994 by Little, Brown under the title: The proud and the free.

Book Synopsis

A stirring story of love and passion on the Trail of Tears from New York Times-bestselling author Janet Dailey, America's first lady of romance.

Temple Gordon's family is one of the oldest, and proudest, to call Cherokee country home. Although their house may look like a southern plantation, the blood in their veins and the land beneath their feet is Cherokee. Nothing will change that--or so they believe.

When President Andrew Jackson begins agitating to push the Indian tribe west, Temple's family prepares to fight to keep their homes. But when her heart is tempted by the fiery Cherokee known as "The Blade," who believes removal is inevitable, Temple feels passion stirring on the eve of one of the greatest tragedies in American history.

Previously published as The Proud and the Free, American Dreams is a stirring historical novel from one of the greatest names in romance.

About the Author

Janet Dailey, who passed away in 2013, was born Janet Haradon in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska, before meeting her husband, Bill. The two worked together in construction and land development until they "retired" to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Dailey to write the Americana series of romances, setting a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was No Quarter Asked. She went on to write approximately ninety novels, twenty-one of which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. She won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on radio and television. Today, there are over three hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in nineteen different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world. For more information about Dailey, visit www.janetdailey.com.