Searching for Sarah Rector

Description:

From primary documents, including court and census records and interviews with family members, author Tonya Bolden pieces together the events of Sarah Rector's life and the lives of those around her when oil was discovered on her land allotment, making her wealthy. This book 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.

subjects: Millionaires,  Women millionaires,  African American women,  African Americans,  Juvenile literature,  Biography,  Women,  African americans, biography,  African americans, biography, juvenile literature,  Indians of north america, biography,  Indians of north america, juvenile literature,  Petroleum industry and trade,  Oklahoma, history,  Oklahoma, juvenile literature,  Women, united states, biography,  Women, biography, juvenile literature,  Creek Indians,  History,  Indians of North America

People: Sarah Rector (1902-)

Places: Oklahoma,  Creek County,  Creek County (Okla.)