{"product_id":"tushpas-story-touch-my-tears-tales-from-the-trail-of-tears-collection-paperback","title":"Tushpa's Story (Touch My Tears: Tales from the Trail of Tears Collection) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Elisabeth Sawyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMississippi, 1834\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Protect the book as you do our seed corn. We must have both to survive.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek changed everything. The Choctaw Nation could no longer remain in their ancient homelands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung Tushpa, his family, and their small band embark on a trail of life and death. More death than life lay ahead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn their journey to a new homeland, the faith of his father and one book guide Tushpa as he learns what it means to become a man and a leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut before long, betrayal from within and without rip at the unity of the band. Can Tushpa help keep his tattered people together? Or will they all be lost to sickness of the mind, body, and spirit on the four hundred mile walk?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA continuation of the anthology Touch My Tears: Tales from the Trail of Tears, this story follows an original manuscript written by Tushpa's son, James Culberson.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As the great-granddaughter of Tushpa, a boy on the Trail of Tears, I grew up far away from Oklahoma with little knowledge of our history. It is through reading the moving stories collected by Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer that I have a better understanding of the struggles, endurance and bravery of our Choctaw ancestors.\" Beverly Bringle, direct descendant\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53527449796915,"sku":"9780991025930","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/tushpas-story-touch-my-tears-tales-from-the-trail-of-tears-collection-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}