Book Review - The Long Bitter Trail
In The Long Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the American Indians, Anthony F.C. Wallace takes on the unenviable task of discussing the Jacksonian era of Indian removal, recounting the history and politics of the forcible expulsion of Indians from their native homes by the United States Government. Though brief (the book comes in at only 120 pages), Wallace's work tries for conciseness and brevity in this subject; no footnotes can be found to supplement the material. Instead, Wallace seems to have meant this book "for students of history and others," and tells the story of Indian removal from pre-contact ...