Margaret Verble

Cherokee America is a post- Civil War epic of the American frontier set in the old Cherokee Nation West. The main character, Check Singer, is a wealthy farmer, mother of five boys, and soon-to-be widow. She's at the center of big trouble -- several people have gone missing, others are out hunting for gold , and more than one gets killed in an unfortunate way. This comic story of Indians, white people, and freed Blacks explores the bonds forged by shared painful history, blood, and frontier realities.