Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe\'s uprooting have never been examined in detail.
In An American Betrayal , Daniel Blake Smith\'s vivid prose brings to life a host of memor.
Despite the Cherokees\' efforts to assimilate with the dominant white culture--running their own newspaper, ratifying a constitution based on that of the United States--they were never able to integrate fully with white men in the New World.
Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe\'s uprooting have never been examined in detail