Trail of Tears : The Cherokee Journey from Home

A thorough account of the history of the Cherokee Nation's conflicts with white colonizers over its tribal land and the U.S. government's removal of the people from their ancestral home in 1838 and their forced migration west to Oklahoma. This book presents the tragic story of Andrew Jackson's betrayal of the Cherokee Nation that had adopted white ways. The story opens with the Cherokee beginning their trek west and details events leading to the loss of their homeland.