The New York Timesâbestselling saga of Creek Indian Mary Musgrove and her descendants, whose lives parallel the American story through two centuries.
In Creek Mary's Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgroveâborn in 1700 to a Creek tribal chiefâand five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her two sons (one born to a white trader and the other to a Cherokee warrior), Brown's novel creates a gripping panorama of the American Indian experience in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His narrative spans colonial rebellion, the Trail of Tears, and the Civil Warâin which Mary's descendants fought on both sides of the conflict.
Rich with historical detail and human drama, this is a novel filled with "dark, inexorable energy" by the #1 New York Timesâbestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author's personal collection.
The New York Timesâbestselling saga of Creek Indian Mary Musgrove and her descendants, whose lives parallel the American story through two centuries.
In Creek Mary's Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgroveâborn in 1700 to a Creek tribal chiefâand five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her two sons (one born to a white trader and the other to a Cherokee warrior), Brown's novel creates a gripping panorama of the American Indian experience in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His narrative spans colonial rebellion, the Trail of Tears, and the Civil Warâin which Mary's descendants fought on both sides of the conflict.
Rich with historical detail and human drama, this is a novel filled with "dark, inexorable energy" by the #1 New York Timesâbestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author's personal collection.