Description From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud\'s Line, an epic novel that follows a web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center.
Her first novel, Maud\'s Line, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize..
About the Author MARGARET Verble is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Cherokee America vividly, and often with humor, explores the bonds--of blood and place, of buried histories and half-told tales, of past grief and present injury--that connect a colorful, eclectic cast of characters, anchored by the clever, determined, and unforgettable Check.
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.
In this epic 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.
Cherokee America Singer, known as "Check," a wealthy farmer, mother of five boys, and soon-to-be widow, is not amused.
A baby, a black hired hand, a bay horse, a gun, a gold stash, and a preacher have all gone missing.
It\'s the early spring of 1875 in the Cherokee Nation West.
Description From the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud\'s Line, an epic novel that follows a web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center
