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Jerry Ellis

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Born
Fort Payne, Alabama, The United States
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Extensive travel, meeting people and listening to their stories.

Member Since
February 2012


Jerry Ellis, Cherokee and Scottish, graduated from the University of Alabama. He was the first person in the modern world to walk the 900 mile route of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, where 4,000 of his ancestors died in 1838: Seven thousand armed US Soldiers marched them from their homes in the SE to present day Oklahoma in the heart of winter. Many of the Cherokee had no shoes. They were buried in shallow unmarked graves. Ellis' book about his trek, WALKING THE TRAIL, ONE MAN'S JOURNEY ALONG THE CHEROKEE TRAIL OF TEARS, was published by Random House and nominated by the publisher for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. The book was endorsed by Dee Brown, author of BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE. WALKING THE TRAIL was included in two a ...more

Average rating: 3.79 · 743 ratings · 137 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors
Walking the Trail: One Man'...

3.80 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions
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Walking to Canterbury: A Mo...

3.32 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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CHEROKEE HISTORY FOR INDIAN...

4.40 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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Marching Through Georgia

3.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1995 — 15 editions
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Bareback!

3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions
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The 100 Year Old Pool Boy

4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions
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Quote the Raven on the Ferr...

4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions
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Before Frost

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Ciao From Roma! Spring in t...

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Cherokee Little Crow and th...

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“My mind is a reasonable sort of fellow. But my heart . . .my heart has never been able to understand loss.”
― Jerry Ellis, Marching Through Georgia
tags: love

“If I've learned anything about youth it's that they feel a bond with anyone who shows a passion for living.”
― Jerry Ellis, Marching Through Georgia

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