The Trail of Tears Across Missouri

This text provides an account of the 1837-1838 removal of the Cherokees from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). After discussing the events leading up to their brutal exile, it traces the mass exodus state by state from Tennessee to Arkansas.

About the author

A resident of Hallsville, Missouri, Joan Gilbert is the author of two novels and more than six hundred articles, twenty for which she received first-place literary awards.

Summary

This text provides an account of the 1837-1838 removal of the Cherokees from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). After discussing the events leading up to their brutal exile, it traces the mass exodus state by state from Tennessee to Arkansas.

Product details

• Authors: Gilbert, Joan Gilbert, Joan Sewell Gilbert
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1996
• EAN: 9780826210630
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-1063-0
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Series: Missouri Heritage Readers; Missouri Heritage Readers Series; Missouri Heritage Readers; Missouri Heritage Readers Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous