Indie Spotlight is my effort to share Indie and Self/Published books with others. The task of marketing is a huge one for Indie authors, and we can all help by sharing these posts far and wide. Below is a book description, author bio, and buy links for The Cherry Stone, a story about the land grab in Oklahoma and the relationship between the Cherokee and the Mennonites.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Living with her in-laws is stifling. Paulina longs for a home of her own. Her husband needs land to farm and jumps at the chance of a free homestead in Oklahoma. It’s the craziest lottery in history – the great Land Rush of 1893. But how secure will Paulina and Gerhard’s young family be on territory stolen from the Cherokee?
Tsali seeks security for his family too, but the white men are trampling over his Cherokee heritage. Will he conform to the settlers’ way of life, or be drowned by it?
As drought bites and cultures collide, Gerhard is forced to leave the homestead in search of work. Paulina encounters the Cherokee family living nearby, and is grateful for Tsali’s help during her husband’s absence. But their friendship threatens to tear her family and close-knit Mennonite community apart.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sandy Salisbury
(In Her Own Words)
The first historical fiction book I read was a sweet little story about pioneers making their way across the Great American Desert. I was nine, and though I can’t remember the name of the book, I remember the sense of adventure. I also remember having to look up lots of new words, including ‘unpretentious’. My horizons expanded along with my vocabulary. We moved from southern California to eastern Oklahoma, where I learned more about the Land Rushes and Cherokee history. I have since lived in northern Indiana, Germany, China and England.
I now happily indulge my passion for history by reading novels set in any period, but keep coming back to the Wild West of the nineteenth century. It presented so much freedom and opportunity, for good and evil. I started writing fiction in 2014, and have published short stories in The People’s Friend magazine, as well as a novella, Prairie Gold, about English aristocrats seeking adventure in the Wild West of the nineteenth century. My Steps Toward series explores faith and God in bite-sized reflections.
My husband, Graeme, and I enjoy an unpretentious life in Devon, England. In addition to writing, I manage our local church office, teach English, strum my guitar, try to keep fit through Scottish Country Dancing, and spend as much time as possible with our beautiful grandchildren. Have a look at my Wild West blog and other books on her website (link below).
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BUY LINKS
This book sounds very good. I have always been fascinated by history and especially the history of the North American prairies. Well done for writing about this time, Sandy.
Absolutely. I haven’t read and reviewed it yet, but I will.
That looks like an interesting book! I will check it out.
I am looking forward to reading it too! I hope you enjoy it. If you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read it for free.
My heart went out to the Native American. I also empathize with the pioneer who can go to Northern America to seek freedom. This sounds like an interesting book, Sandy. Thank you for sharing, Bonnie.
Yes, there are parts of our history that are just awful that I hope we learned from.
Yes, they sure taught us many lessons.
Sounds like a fascinating book to me. I’ve got to check it out. 🙂
I’ll be reading it soon. I have a few in front of it.
Sounds like an intriguing story from multiple perspectives.
I never really thought about the “free land grab” being Indian land that the government had already given to the Cherokee after the death march to Oklahoma. It is sad.
Very sad.