The Trail of Tears

Joseph Bruchac First published 1999

About this book

Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1,200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.

Subjects

  • 19th century
  • cherokee indians
  • history
  • indians of north america
  • indians of north america, cherokee indians
  • indians of north america, juvenile literature
  • juvenile literature
  • relocation
  • trail of tears, 1838
  • trail of tears, 1838-1839