Cherokee America
Verble, Margaret
Genre:
Spring
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
" is not amused: one of her sons is caught in a compromising position that results in murder; a neighbor disappears; another man is killed. Tensions mount and 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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