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Pushing the Bear

A Novel of the Trail of Tears

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Pushing the Bear

Written by: Diane Glancy
Narrated by: Diane Glancy
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In 1838, 13,000 Cherokee were forced to leave their homeland in the Southeast and walk 900 miles to present-day Oklahoma. Hunger, cold, fatigue, and disease threatened their very survival. Their grueling relocation trek - the Trail of Tears - takes on new immediacy and meaning with this stunning work of fiction. Maritole loses not only her home and her settled life in North Carolina, but also many of the people closest to her. A chorus of voices joins hers to vividly recreate the tragic story of the Cherokee removal. Amid wrenching scenes of hardship and pain, there is the underlying strength that ultimately allowed this ancient people to endure.

©1996 Diane Glancy (P)1999 Recorded Books Historical Fiction Tearjerking
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This was really well done from the perpective of those who lived this tradgedy. The author tells a story of incredable saddness and loss and his words allow you to feel and see the pain.

Good book.

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