The Lambert Tapes represent a refreshing departure from the numbingly dry and mundane, history books. This text is history in the raw! These stories and accounts have been interpretively transcribed from a series of taped conversations with historian for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Carl Glenn Lambert. You should not be surprised to encounter radically differing views and knowledgably conclusions about certain published, and erroneously accepted accounts of Cherokee history. For example; Carl Lambert was a recognized authority on the Cherokee removal of 1838-39, and the formation of the Reservation at Cherokee, NC. He recites the history of William Thomas' long years of deals and legal entanglements with the Cherokees, and he relates the true account of the Tsali family's ordeal during the removal. The author's intent has been to transcribe and present these views and conclusions in the same spirit and manner that Carl intended.

The Lambert Tapes represents a refreshing departure from the endless footnoted, numbingly dry and mundane, history books. This text is history in the raw! These stories and accounts have been interpretively transcribed from a series of taped conversations with the late and eminent historian for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Carl Glenn Lambert. Here are first person revelations of Cherokee Indian history, remembrances, assorted stories, and commentary on a wide variety of subjects. The dialog is enlightening and inspirationally uplifting. Conversations consist of disjointed and fragmented statements, which are comprised of jumbled words and phrases - not to mention silent inferences. This free flowing exchange with Carl Lambert was totally unrehearsed and certainly the subjects were not preplanned. For clarification and appreciation, the author has inserted supplemental and supportive background information.

The Lambert Tapes represent a refreshing departure from the numbingly dry and mundane, history books. This text is history in the raw! These stories and accounts have been interpretively transcribed from a series of taped conversations with historian for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Carl Glenn Lambert. You should not be surprised to encounter radically differing views and knowledgably conclusions about certain published, and erroneously accepted accounts of Cherokee history. For example; Carl Lambert was a recognized authority on the Cherokee removal of 1838-39, and the formation of the Reservation at Cherokee, NC. He recites the history of William Thomas' long years of deals and legal entanglements with the Cherokees, and he relates the true account of the Tsali family's ordeal during the removal. The author's intent has been to transcribe and present these views and conclusions in the same spirit and manner that Carl intended.