The journal of Jesse Smoke : a Cherokee boy /
by Joseph Bruchac.
- New York : Scholastic Inc., c2001.
- 203 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
- My name is America A Dear America book .
Map on folded page at end.
Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
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