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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail. The Cherokee are a proud, ancient civilization. For hundreds of years they believed themselves to be the "Principle People" residing at the center of the earth. But by the 18th century...
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
This powerful narrative traces the social, cultural, and political history of the Cherokee Nation during the forty-year period after its members were forcibly removed from the southern Appalachians and resettled in what is now Oklahoma. In this master work, completed just before his death, William McLoughlin not only explains how the Cherokees rebuilt their lives and society, but also recounts their fight to govern themselves as a separate nation...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On May 26, 1838, U.S. soldiers surrounded Cherokee villages across Georgia. The soldiers came to force Cherokee families to move to a new territory in Oklahoma. The Cherokees had little time to gather their belongings before being herded into camps. From there, 13,000 were forced on the thousand-mile journey to Oklahoma. They had little food and no shelter from the weather. Many-especially children-grew sick and died. The forced march became known...
12) Cherokee
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Easy-to read text and oversized photographs introduce readers to the Cherokee and their traditions including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Relates the history of the forced relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina to Indian territory in Oklahoma and the struggle by their principle chief, John Ross, to prevent their removal from their ancestral lands.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
15) Cherokees
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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17) Cherokee
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Cherokee people, discussing their history, traditions, and daily life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In the early 1800s, the US government forced Native Americans in the Southeast United States out of their homes and off of land they had occupied for thousands of years. The Trail of Tears takes a look at the shocking and tragic story of how Native Americans were affected by settlement in the United States."--From publisher's website.