By A. J. Langguth
Published By Simon & Schuster
Year Published 2010
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author chronicles the dramatic story of the desperate fate of the Cherokees as they were driven out of Georgia at bayonet point by US Army forces led by General Winfield Scott. At the center of the story are the American statesmen of the day, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, John C. Chalhoun, and those Cherokee leaders who tried to save their people, Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and John Ross. This book presents firsthand accounts of the forced march across the Mississippi along a path of misery and death that he Cherokees called the Trail of Tears.
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By A. J. Langguth
Published By Simon & Schuster
Year Published 2010
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author chronicles the dramatic story of the desperate fate of the Cherokees as they were driven out of Georgia at bayonet point by US Army forces led by General Winfield Scott. At the center of the story are the American statesmen of the day, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, John C. Chalhoun, and those Cherokee leaders who tried to save their people, Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and John Ross. This book presents firsthand accounts of the forced march across the Mississippi along a path of misery and death that he Cherokees called the Trail of Tears.
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