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Title: The Story of the Trail of Tears (Cornerstones of Freedom) by Susan Clinton ISBN: 0-516-44683-5 Publisher: Scholastic Library Pub (P) Pub. Date: 01 July, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.95

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Summary: The Cherokee nation is forced to walk the Trail of Tears
Comment: As is often the case with these informative volumes in the Cornerstones of Freedom series, "The Trail of Tears" is about more than the forced exodus of the Cherokee nation from Georgia to Oklahoma. One of the strengths of this book is that R. Conrad Stein spends as much time teaching young readers about the culture of the Cherokees as he does discussing the Indian Removal plan to settle all Indians east of the Mississippi River finally implemented by President Andrew Jackson. Although the focus is primarily on the Cherokee nation, Stein also touches on the other members of the "Five Civilized Tribes," the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole, albeit to a lesser degree. As would be the case with the Plains War of the 1870s, the spark for this fatal encounter would be the discovery of gold in the heart of Cherokee territory. The Cherokees went to court to have their treaty rights enforced, but Jackson ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Marshall. Simply by presenting the facts of the matter, Jackson clearly becomes the villain of this tale, which saw one in four Cherokees die on the Trail of Tears. Stein ends his story with the defiance of Tsali, a legendary Cherokee whose last words were "It is sweet to die in one's own country." This book, illustrated with both historic paintings and etchings as well as more contemporary artwork of the tragic trek westward, gives students and teachers considerably more information about the treatment of Indians by the American government and the Trail of Tears than they will ever get in an American History textbook. There is not a better supplemental source of historical information for secondary History classes than this series