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

Author/creator Bolden, Tonya author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Description76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 26 x 27 cm
Subjects
Rector, Sarah, 1902-1967--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Oklahoma. --Creek County. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Oklahoma. --Creek County. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Women millionaires--Oklahoma. --Creek County. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Millionaires--Oklahoma. --Creek County. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Creek Indians--Oklahoma. --Creek County. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Petroleum industry and trade--Oklahoma. --History. --20th century. --Juvenile literature.
Creek County (Okla.)--Biography. --Juvenile literature.

Contents 160 acres -- Three and a half dollars an acre -- Twelve and a half percent -- One million dollars -- Epilogue.
Abstract 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.
Local noteLittle-360650--305131066632-
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references, pages 66-67, and index.
LCCN 2012039254
ISBN9781419708466 (hardback)
ISBN1419708465 (hardback)

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