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?
Library | Call Number |
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Bayport Public Library | FICTION TAD |
Stillwater Public Library | FICTION TAD |