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Author Byers, Ann, author

Title The Trail of Tears : a primary source history of the forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation / Ann Byers.

Publication Info. New York : Rosen Pub., 2004.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 970.0049776 CHE BYE    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Series Primary sources in American history
Primary sources in American history (New York, N.Y.)
Summary Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the U.S. government's removal of the Cherokee from their ancestral homes in Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61) and index.
Contents A nation oppressed -- Timeline -- The Cherokee Nation -- Broken promises -- Andrew Jackson -- The Cherokee's losing battle -- Removal -- "The trail where they cried" -- The trail's end -- Primary source transcriptions.
Subject Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Relations with Cherokee Indians -- Juvenile literature.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Southern States -- History -- Sources.
Subject Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee Indians -- History -- Sources.
Cherokee Indians -- Relocation -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee Indians -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Indians of North America -- Southern States -- History -- Sources.
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 -- History -- Sources.
ISBN 0823940071
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