Pushing the Bear
A Novel of the Trail of Tears

What I loved about this book was finishing it and being free to go on to my next book. I came close to giving this 1 star but I just couldn’t because I loved the map on the inside covers and the maps that are at the front of each chapter, showing the route as the Cherokee progressed, and I like that......more

Author is in my church book group - so she gave a presentation to our group about why/how she wrote the book.......more

A multiple narrator approach is used in this novel that follows a group of family and neighbors during the Cherokee Removal. The title, and a major theme, is taken from the myth of the bear, ᏲᎾ. The legend goes that a young boy began spending all his time in the woods, his body growing long fur, nev......more

The overall concept is amazing and important to know, although the writing style was difficult and not super entertaining to get through.......more

An excellent follow-up to Glancy's earlier account of a fictional family's journey on the "trail of tears." This one deals with what happened when the Cherokees came off the trail to settle in the land allotted to them in eastern Oklahoma (the "Indian Territory" at the time). Divisions between those......more