Download or read book Trail of Tears written by Elliott West and published by Western National Parks Association. This book was released on 2000 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following several routes, thousands of American Indians were forced from their homelands in the Southeast. On their tortuous trek west many died. These routes, lined with graves, mark the tragedy now known today as The Trail of Tears, commemorated as a National Historic Trail.