Cherokee America
Verble, Margaret
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"It's the early spring of 1875 in the Cherokee Nation West. A baby
a black hired hand
a bay horse
a gun
a gold stash
and a preacher have all gone missing. Cherokee America Singer
known as "Check
" a wealthy farmer
mother of five boys
and soon-to-be widow
is not amused. In this tale of the American frontier
several plots intertwine around the heroic and resolute Check: her son is caught in a compromising position that results in murder; a neighbor disappears; another man is killed. The tension mounts and the violence escalates as Check's mixed race family
friends
and neighbors come together to protect their community--and painfully expel one of their own"--
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