The Journal of Jesse Smoke
Books | Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Native American
Joseph Bruchac
The Cherokees call The Trail of Tears "Nunda'utsun'yi", or "The Place Where the People Cried". Jesse Smoke, his mother, and sisters are forced to abandon their home, their land, and their possessions when they and several thousand other Cherokees are forced west on The Trail of Tears. Illustrations. Fold-out map.
