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In 1889, Moses and his family sell everything they own and leave their Baltimore, Maryland, home to join many other settlers—black and white—in a race to claim land in the newly opened territory of Oklahoma. The novel follows the family’s journey and their experiences in frontier life, highlighting issues of family, pioneering, and African American history.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Devin Scillian
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