America's Trail of Tears: A Story of Love and Betrayal.America's Trail of Tears Trail of Tears Forced migration of the Cherokee Indians in 1838–39. In 1835, when gold was discovered on Cherokee land in Georgia, a small minority of Cherokee ceded all tribal land east of the Mississippi for $5 million. The U.S. : A Story of Love and Betrayal. By Dean W. Arnold. (Chattanooga: Chattanooga Historical Foundation Co., 2005. Pp. 274. $19.95, plus $3 shipping; available from author: P.O. Box 2053, Chattanooga, TN 37409. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-9749076-0-X.) The author's intent in writing this book is clear by the time one finishes reading it: he realized that neither the Cherokee people nor non-Native Americans were familiar with this important story of how the Cherokee were removed to present-day Oklahoma. His goal was to tell the story in an accessible way. Dean W. Arnold is a journalist and local historian who has provided a clear narrative of the events leading up to, surrounding, and immediately after the usurpation Usurpation Adonijah presumptuously assumed David’s throne before Solomon’s investiture. [O.T.: I Kings 1:5–10] Anschluss Nazi takeover of Austria (1938). [Eur. Hist. of Cherokee lands in the Southeast. (There is very little about the actual Trail of Tears.) All the significant players are fleshed out, including John Ross, the Ridges, Elias Boudinot
Elias Boudinot Jr. (1740–1821) was an early American lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a U.S. , Andrew Jackson, and the many clergymen who worked with religious organizations to bring their message and "civilization" to the native people, as well as supporting characters such as Chief Justice John Marshall and John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading United States Southern politician and political philosopher from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century, at the center of the foreign policy and financial disputes of his age and best . Arnold is not breaking any new ground here, but he has produced a readable narrative of what happened and why during this crucial period of American history, as well as explanations of South Carolina's Nullification nullification, in U.S. history, a doctrine expounded by the advocates of extreme states' rights. It held that states have the right to declare null and void any federal law that they deem unconstitutional. Act, Jackson's motivations, the overall political climate, the culture of the times, along with illustrations, source citations, a bibliography, and a robust index. Furthermore, Arnold presents the stories from all sides in the conflict: Did Andrew Jackson have the best interests of Native Americans in mind, or did he just want to open up their lands to westward expansion? Did the Ridges sell out and become the villains, or were they acting to ensure what they believed to be their people's survival? Did Ross close his eyes to the inevitability of removal, or was he a great leader for acting on behalf of the majority of his people to the very end? This is an excellent book, historically well grounded, to introduce and explain the topic to anyone who might be unfamiliar with the story in its entirety. [CAROLYN EARLE BILLINGSLEY, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, it became a private four-year institution, called Little Rock University, in 1957. It returned to public status in 1969 when it was merged into the University of Arkansas System under its present name. ] |
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