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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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I work at a Cherokee historic site and I highly recommend this book. It reads like a novel and is gripping! By far the most in-depth, unbiased work written on the "Trail of Tears". If you buy no other Cherokee history book, buy this one!
Published on May 14, 1999 by Julia N. Autry
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Well researched and authoritative
but I found the editing to be very weak with lots of grammatical errors, misspellings, etc which are very distracting. Also, while the writer did a thorough job of presenting the Cherokee situation leading up to the forced evacuation I felt the work lacked scope in regards to the Creeks, Andrew Jackson etc... Perhaps if the writer had tightened his focus on the Ridge...
Published on August 12, 2008 by robbieandrose
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People (Civilization of the American Indian Series) (Paperback)
I work at a Cherokee historic site and I highly recommend this book. It reads like a novel and is gripping! By far the most in-depth, unbiased work written on the "Trail of Tears". If you buy no other Cherokee history book, buy this one!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Well researched and authoritative,
By robbieandrose (New England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People (Civilization of the American Indian Series) (Paperback)
but I found the editing to be very weak with lots of grammatical errors, misspellings, etc which are very distracting. Also, while the writer did a thorough job of presenting the Cherokee situation leading up to the forced evacuation I felt the work lacked scope in regards to the Creeks, Andrew Jackson etc... Perhaps if the writer had tightened his focus on the Ridge family the book wouldn't bog down in long discussions on treaties and the like.
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Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People (Civilization of the American Indian Series) by Thurman Wilkins (Paperback - September 15, 1989)
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