| Walking the Trail | |
| Author: | Jerry Ellis |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Memoir |
| Publisher: | Delacorte Press |
| Release Date: | 1991 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover) |
| Isbn: | 9780803267435 |
Walking the Trail: One Man's Journey along the Cherokee Trail of Tears is the 1991 book by Jerry Ellis telling the story of his 900-mile walk along the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the same walk his ancestors were forced to take in 1838. Walking the Trail has been used in classrooms and as a teaching resource by award-winning educators, including James Percoco[1] who is in the National Teachers Hall of Fame.
The work was well received, with the Los Angeles Times stating that "Jerry Ellis is an ideal companion for a long ramble along the back roads of America, which is precisely what he provides in Walking the Trail, a picaresque account of his trek over the Trail of Tears in commemoration of his Cherokee ancestors and in search of some elusive ideal of freedom and fulfillment."[2]