The journal of Jesse Smoke : a Cherokee boy /
by Joseph Bruchac.
- New York : Scholastic, 2001.
- 203 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm. + 1 fold-out map.
- My name is America Dear America .
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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Cherokee Removal, 1838--Fiction. Cherokee Indians--History--Fiction. Native Americans--History--Fiction.--Southern States Diaries--Fiction.