Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and The Trail of Tears

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By Alex W. Bealer
Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and The Trail of Tears
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From 1837 to 1838, thousands of Cherokee Indians were marched from their homelands in Georgia to exile in Arkansas by the same white men they has once befriended. The Cherokees journeyed through bitter cold and blazing heat, with little food or water. One out of every four died and with them died a culture that had existed for hundreds of years, a civilization that had existed for hundred of years, a civilization that had embraced the white mans ways only to perish through his betrayal. Today, only the names remain of this once great nation.

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10050 words10,050 words
80 pages80 pages
Lexile 1050LLexile 1050L
Grade 4 to 6Grade 4 to 6
Published 1996Published 1996

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0316085197

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