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Author Bolden, Tonya.

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

Publication Info. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Biography  J BIO Rector    ---  Available
Description 76 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67) and index.
Contents 160 acres -- Three and a half dollars an acre -- Twelve and a half percent -- One million dollars.
Source NBK 3/14 PPLY
Subject Rector, Sarah, 1902- -- 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.
Rector, Sarah, 1902-
Millionaires.
African Americans -- Biography.
Creek Indians -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Oklahoma -- History -- 20th century.
Creek County (Okla.) -- Biography.
ISBN 9781419708466
1419708465

 
    
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