About the Book
Book: Trail of Tears
Author: Anne Greene
Genre: Historical with some romance
Release date: 2021
One man fights overwhelming odds to survive and protect. Caught between the love of two beautiful women, which one will he choose?
What if you are a twenty-year-old about to attend college, and your whole world collapses? Your mother and sister are missing, and soldiers murder your father, burn your mansion, and take you prisoner.
Trail of Tears relives one of the most heartrending chapters in American history as the US Government transports the self-governing, wealthy Cherokee nation from their ancestral homeland to relocate in hostile Indian Territory.
The Georgia militia force John Ross, with only a trickle of Indian blood flowing in his veins, to walk the thousand-mile Trail of Tears.
After John protects a full-blood Indian girl from the lustful wagon master, the cruel soldier targets John for retribution—until John’s shoved too far.
Bitter animosity explodes from a jealous Army Captain as John pushes and pulls his Conestoga wagon over mountain roads made muddy by rain and slippery by snow. Yet the persuasive voices of the preacher and his daughter have an impact.
A new destiny awaits John at the end of the trail—if he survives. Four thousand Cherokee do not.
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About the Author
Anne’s home is in the quaint antiquing town of McKinney, Texas, just a few miles north of Dallas. Her husband is a retired Colonel, Army Special Forces. Her little gold and white Shih Tzu, Lily Valentine, shares her writing space, curled at her feet. She has four beautiful, talented children, and eight grandchildren who keep her on her toes and running.
Besides her first love, writing, she enjoys travel, art, reading, and way too many other things to mention. Life is good. Whether writing contemporary or historical, her books celebrate the abundant life.
Anne is a multi-award-winning author. This latest book, TRAIL OF TEARS, makes her thirtieth published book.
Anne loves writing about alpha heroes who aren’t afraid to fall on their knees in prayer, and about gutsy heroines. Her suspense novel, Shadow of the Dagger, is the first book in her CIA Series. Her Women of Courage series spotlights heroic women of World War II, first book, Angel with Steel Wings. Her Holly Garden Private Investigating series blasts off with Red is for Rookie. Enjoy her award-winning Scottish historical romances, Masquerade Marriage and Marriage by Arrangement. Anne hopes her stories transport you to awesome new worlds and touch your heart.
If you enjoy a short read, you’ll love her novellas: A Small Voice, Love At Christmas, Brides of The Wild West, A Crazy Optimist, Recipe For A Husband, Lacy and The Law, A Williamsburg Christmas, Her Reluctant Hero, Mystery At Dead Broke Ranch, Avoiding The Mistletoe, Lord Bentley Needs A Bride, Keara’s Escape, Daredevils, Spur of the Moment Bride, A Christmas Belle, A Texas Christmas Mystery, Texas Law, Hatteras Lighthouse Mystery, and A Time to Stand which will release in September.
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More from Anne
During our Fellowship Class one Sunday morning, a visiting missionary told the bare basics of the historic Trail of Tears, or Trail Where They Cried. I had lived, up to that time, all my life in the northern states, so I had never heard of what happened to the Cherokee Nation and those of mostly Caucasian blood who lived in Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky. The true story captivated me, and I felt this history needed to be told in a fascinating story context.
So, John Ross was born. For research, I travelled the Trail, though in far more comfort than the Conestoga wagons issued to the Cherokee men, women, children, and those with even small amounts of Cherokee blood. Under orders from President Andrew Jackson, the Georgia militia stripped the Nation of their land, their wealth, and their lives and transported them to hostile Indian land in the untamed Oklahoma Territory. At the time, the Cherokees were a civilized nation with a constitution, plantations, schools, and a newspaper. They considered themselves Americans.
The story sounds as if it might be sad … and there are tragic events portrayed, but my Trail of Tears is about hope, overcoming, and finding a new way of life. I think from the first page to the last, you will find Trail of Tears difficult to put down. It’s one of my favorite books!
My Review
“Behind him, scattered over a nine-hundred-mile trek, remained the graves of four thousand Cherokees.”
Get the Kleenex handy before you start this book. This is a highly emotional story, a fictionalization account of a tragic historical event that many people may not be familiar with. Sure, I’d heard of the Trail of Tears and brief references to it. Yet, Anne Greene’s book, Trail of Tears, #1, The Ross Family Saga, will give stark life to the Cherokees’ violent, dreadful march.
We follow young John Ross from losing his plantation to being prisoner in a crowded stockade, following the Army’s mantra of “hurry up and wait,” to the months’ long difficult trek across treacherous terrain in freezing weather. Greene’s story gives faces to this unbelievably sad event. I wanted to rail against those who made such evil, cruel decisions against their fellow man and cheer for those who reached within themselves to see all humans as of equal value. Loved the love triangles presented. There were several!!
Be aware: Greene is not above adding, growing, or deleting characters as she sees fit to give the Trail authenticity. (Translation: twists, surprises, faith in awesome glory, and tears!)
I love to pick favorite secondary characters to “award” best supporting roles to. Watch for Pastor Worcester, a White who chooses to unnecessary hardship to travel with the Cherokee to reach them with the Good News. What an inspiration he is. Rachael, a full-blooded Cherokee, is a devout, yet warm Christian whose faith is also contagious.
In the end, each character we meet, whether John, Peterson, Bold Hunter, Jeremy, Dread or Worthington; each must choose whether love or hate will win in his heart. Oh, my! My heart will be crying and remembering for months! May we as people learn from history, to treat each other as equals, all beloved in God’s eyes.
I received a copy of this book from the author and publisher through Celebrate Lit. No positive review was required, and all thoughts are my own, freely offered opinions.
My Rating
Magnificent! My Heart will be crying and remembering for months! May we choose to let love win!
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Wow! This sounds so compelling; I’m definitely adding it to my to-read list. 👍
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It is!! Glad you’re going to enjoy it. Probably too few of us know the history of the Trail of Tears.
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True, sadly. It’s good to see authors willing to write about it, especially from a realistic perspective.
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This sounds like a great read and it’s on top of my TBR list!
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It is a great read, and glad you can experience it soon!!
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I like historical books like this.
Thanks for the contest.
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Hope you will enjoy Trail of Tears! Good luck in the contest!
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Sounds like a good read! Hope to read it for myself.
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Vivian, I hope you do get to read Trail of Tears. So eye-opening!
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Becky, Thank you for sharing your excellent review!
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Thanks, Caryl, for reading my thoughts and stopping by my blog. Hopefully, you’ll get a chance to read Trail of Tears!
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