Author | Jerry Ellis |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Memoir |
Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Publication date | 1991 |
Media type | Print ( hardcover) |
ISBN | 9780803267435 |
Walking the Trail: One Man's Journey along the Cherokee Trail of Tears is the 1991 book by Jerry Ellis telling the story of his 900-mile walk along the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the same walk his ancestors were forced to take in 1838. Walking the Trail has been used in classrooms and as a teaching resource by award-winning educators, including James Percoco [1] who is in the National Teachers Hall of Fame.
The work was well received, with the Los Angeles Times stating that "Jerry Ellis is an ideal companion for a long ramble along the back roads of America, which is precisely what he provides in Walking the Trail, a picaresque account of his trek over the Trail of Tears in commemoration of his Cherokee ancestors and in search of some elusive ideal of freedom and fulfillment." [2]