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Driven West: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil War   A. J. Langguth
Horrifying, difficult to read, history of the forced expulsion of the five “civilized” Amerindian tribes, especially the Cherokees, from the United States for only two simple reasons: greed and racism. Andrew Jackson is an even worse figure than I thought he was. As usual, Langguth’s prose is engaging, and this time his history is more thorough and less episodic. Learned a lot about the Cherokees. Very informative about a tragic, and shameful American history. Really liked it.