The Trail of Tears

 

The Trail of Tears (The Story of the American Indian Removals, 1813-1855).  By Gloria Jahoda.  New York:  Wings Books, 1975.  Later printing.

Description. "The bitter tale of the sad events that led inexorably to the final massacre at Wounded Knee began with the Trail of Tears.  In 1830, the U.S. Congress passed a bill permitting the removal of all Native Americans living east of the Mississippi.  Over the next twenty years more than fifty tribes were uprooted from their homelands and marched into the alien lands of the west--the first step in the destruction of an entire people....."  Illustrated.  Xi + 356 pages with index.

Condition. Book is in VERY GOOD condition.  Dust jacket is in VERY GOOD condition.