The Trail of Tears Across Missouri: Volume 1

by Joan Gilbert

Book Overview

As settlers moved beyond the eastern seaboard during the early nineteenth century, the government forced thousands of American Indians from their ancestral lands. The Cherokees, the largest and most important tribe in the Southeast, fought exile with a combination of passive resistance and national publicity for their plight. Because they had successfully resisted the government's efforts to move them from their homeland, their removal was particularly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826210635
• ISBN13: 9780826210630
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5