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Searching for Sarah Rector : the richest black girl in America / Tonya Bolden.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F702.C85 B65 2014 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 76 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 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.
- Subject
- Rector, Sarah, 1902- > Juvenile literature
- Rector, Sarah, 1902-
- 1900-1999
- African American women > Creek County > Juvenile literature
- African Americans > Creek County > Juvenile literature
- Women millionaires > Creek County > Juvenile literature
- Millionaires > Creek County > Juvenile literature
- Creek Indians > Creek County > Juvenile literature
- Petroleum industry and trade > Oklahoma > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- 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.) > Juvenile literature
- Creek County (Okla.) > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Juvenile works
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 160 acres -- Three and a half dollars an acre -- Twelve and a half percent -- One million dollars.
- ISBN
- 9781419708466
- 1419708465
- LCCN
- ^^2012039254
- OCLC
- 813690939
- SCSB-12755910
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library