Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears

I bought this desperately sad little book from an Indian village in North Carolina, home of the Eastern Cherokees who stayed in their homeland. It tells the story of one of the most shameful periods of the history of the United States, ethnic cleansing at its worst. The forced removal of this nation......more

The removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Alabama to territory west of the Mississippi River in the 1830’s termed the Trail of Tears is a concept many are vaguely aware of, but few are intimately familiar with. It stands as one of the most blatant violations of......more

This began in an extremely disappointing way, but a way that is unfortunately all too common when one is reading or listening to books about America's first immigrants [1], and that is a rhapsodic account of the heathen worldview of the Cherokee people, something that has no claims to truth on any n......more

I really liked this book- not enjoyed, but liked. Even as someone who paid pretty close attention in history class, the specifics of the trail of tears were things I did not know of. It really was much worse than my history classes' brief overviews described. I thought the book was well written, and......more

The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears Author: Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green Publisher: Penguin Group Published In: New York City, NY Date: 2007 Pgs: 189 _________________________________________________ REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS Summary: The forced Native American diaspora which came to be known a......more