To learn more about the historic Trail of Tears, choose books and articles from this general bibliography of sources:

Anonymous 1978 "Ross Directed Emigration Detachments." Journal of Cherokee Studies 2 (Summer): 186-87.

Burnett, John G. 1978 "The Cherokee Removal through the Eyes of a Private Soldier." Journal of Cherokee Studies 3 (Summer): 180-85.

Buttrick, Daniel S. 1838-39 Diary. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Cannon, B. B. 1978 "An Overland Journey to the West (October-December 1837)." Journal of Cherokee Studies 3 (Summer): 166-73.

Deas, Lt. Edward 1978 "Emigrating to the West by Boat (April-May 1838)." Journal of Cherokee Studies 3 (Summer): 158-63.

Foreman, Grant 1932 Indian Removal -The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

_____. 1932 The Five Civilized Tribes: A Brief History and a Century of Progress. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Henegar, H. B. 1978 "Recollections of the Cherokee Removal." Journal of Cherokee Studies 3 (Summer): 177-79.

Hudson, Charles 1976 The Southeastern Indians. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

King, Duane H., and E. Raymond Evans, ed. 1978 "The Trail of Tears: Primary Documents of the Cherokee Removal." Journal of Cherokee Studies 3 (Summer): 131-90.

King, Duane H. 1988 Cherokee Heritage: Official Guidebook to the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. Cherokee, NC: Cherokee Communications.

Lightfoot, B. B. 1962 "The Cherokee Emigrants in Missouri, 1837 -1839." Missouri Historical Review 56 (January): 156-67.

Morrow, W. I. I. 1839 Diary. Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri, Columbia.

Mooney, James 1975 Historical Sketch of the Cherokee. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company.

Moulton, Gary E. 1978 John Ross: Cherokee Chief. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

Perdue, Theda 1989 The Cherokee. New York: Chelsea House Publishers. Prucha. Francis Paul 1969 "Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy: A Reassessment." Journal of American History 56 (December): 527-39.

Scott, Winfield 1978 "If Not Rejoicing at Least in Comfort." Journal of Cherokee Studies 3 (Summer): 138-42.

Starr, Emmet 1921 History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore. Oklahoma City: The Warden Company.

Thornton, Russell 1984 "Cherokee Population Losses during the Trail of Tears: A New Perspective and a New Estimate." Ethnohistory 31 (4): 289-300. 1990 The Cherokees: A Population History. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Wilkins, Thurman 1986 Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Woodward, Grace Steele 1963 The Cherokees. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.