Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest black girl in America / Tonya Bolden.

Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bolden, Tonya
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, ©2014.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Rector, Sarah, > 1902-1967 > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women millionaires > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Millionaires > Juvenile literature.
Millionaires > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Muscogee people > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Creek people > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Petroleum industry and trade > Oklahoma > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Creek County (Okla.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Physical Description:76 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Format: Book

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