Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America /
Bolden, Tonya.
Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America / Tonya Bolden. - 76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67) and index.
160 acres -- Three and a half dollars an acre -- Twelve and a half percent -- One million dollars.
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.
1419708465 (hbk.) 9781419708466 (hbk.)
2012039254
Rector, Sarah, 1902- --Juvenile literature.
African American women--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Creek Indians--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Millionaires--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Petroleum industry and trade--History--Oklahoma--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Women millionaires--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Creek County (Okla.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America / Tonya Bolden. - 76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67) and index.
160 acres -- Three and a half dollars an acre -- Twelve and a half percent -- One million dollars.
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.
1419708465 (hbk.) 9781419708466 (hbk.)
2012039254
Rector, Sarah, 1902- --Juvenile literature.
African American women--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Creek Indians--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Millionaires--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Petroleum industry and trade--History--Oklahoma--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Women millionaires--Oklahoma--Creek County--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Creek County (Okla.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.