Mary and the Trail of Tears : a Cherokee removal survival story
Title
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Mary and the Trail of Tears : a Cherokee removal survival story
Personal Author EPSB
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Andrea L., Rogers
Summary
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It is June first and twelve-year-old Mary does not really understand what is happening: she does not understand the hatred and greed of the white men who are forcing her Cherokee family out of their home in New Echota, Georgia, capital of the Cherokee Nation, and trying to steal what few things they are allowed to take with them, she does not understand why a soldier killed her grandfather--and she certainly does not understand how she, her sister, and her mother, are going to survive the 1000 mile trip to the lands west of the Mississippi.
Year Published
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2020
Series
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Girls survive
Physical Description
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102 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm.
Subject
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Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 -- Fiction.
Cherokee -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Indigenous peoples -- Southern States -- History -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
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Georgia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Added Author
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Forsyth, Matt,
Summary
:
It is June first and twelve-year-old Mary does not really understand what is happening: she does not understand the hatred and greed of the white men who are forcing her Cherokee family out of their home in New Echota, Georgia, capital of the Cherokee Nation, and trying to steal what few things they are allowed to take with them, she does not understand why a soldier killed her grandfather--and she certainly does not understand how she, her sister, and her mother, are going to survive the 1000 mile trip to the lands west of the Mississippi.
ISBN
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9781496592163
Publisher
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North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, [2020]
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| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Lymburn | FIC YELLOW R | Book | 30269000039565 | Fiction |