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Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America
- Title
- Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America / Tonya Bolden.
- Author
- Bolden, Tonya.
- Publication
- New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc+ F 15-377 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
| Text | Request in advance | ITTM (Creek Co.) 15-4148 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Description
- 76 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 27 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Women millionaires
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Millionaires
- Creek Indians
- African American women
- African Americans
- Petroleum industry and trade > Oklahoma > History > 20th century
- Oklahoma
- Rector, Sarah, 1902-1967
- Women millionaires > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Petroleum industry and trade > Oklahoma > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- Millionaires > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Creek Indians > Biography
- African Americans > Biography
- Creek Indians > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Oklahoma > Creek County
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- 1900-1999
- African American women > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Rector, Sarah, 1902-1967 > Juvenile literature
- African Americans > Oklahoma > Creek County > Biography > Juvenile literature
- History
- Black author
- Biography
- Indians of North America > Biography
- Juvenile works
- Creek County (Okla.) > Biography
- Biographies
- Women > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc+ F 15-377
- ISBN
- 9781419708466 (hbk.)
- 1419708465 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012039254
- OCLC
- 813690939
- Author
- Bolden, Tonya.
- Title
- Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest Black girl in America / Tonya Bolden.
- Publisher
- New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ F 15-377ITTM (Creek Co.) 15-4148