Citizens Creek

Title
Citizens Creek

Author
Tademy, Lalita.

ISBN
9781476753034

Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Physical Description
420 pages ; 24 cm

Subject Term
Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- Fiction.
 
African American men -- Alabama -- Fiction.
 
Creek Indians -- Alabama -- History -- Fiction.
 
Intercultural communication -- Alabama -- History -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Alabama -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.

Summary
Cow Tom, born into slavery in Alabama in 1810 and sold to a Creek Indian chief before his tenth birthday, possessed an extraordinary gift: the ability to master languages. As the new country developed westward, and Indians, settlers, and blacks came into constant contact, Cow Tom became a key translator for his Creek master and was hired out to US military generals. His talent earned him money -- but would it also grant him freedom? And what would become of him and his family in the aftermath of the Civil War and the Indian Removal westward?


LibraryCall Number
Bayport Public LibraryFICTION TAD
Stillwater Public LibraryFICTION TAD