In the early 1960s, Melanie Hubbard moves her two daughters, Opal and Garnet, from Texas to Oklahoma and leaves them at her sister's house. While Opal excels in school and makes many friends, Garnet finds herself struggling and loses pride in herself.
In 1930s Tulsa, Oklahoma, hot shot marshal Carl Webster dreams of being America's most famous lawman and sets his sights on hunting down the city's most notorious and dangerous criminals, no matter what it costs him.
In 1922, thirteen-year-old Woodrow Harper and his recently-widowed mother move to his father's childhood home in Lawton, Oklahoma, where he is torn between the "right people" of the Ku Klux Klan and those who encourage him to follow the path of his "nigra-loving" father.
Through a hot, dry Oklahoma summer, twelve-year-old Franny tends wild animals brought by her neighbors, hears gossip during a weekly quilting bee, befriends a new neighbor who has some big secrets, and learns to hope.
Despite the opposition of the owner of the Red Rock Runner Railroad in 1893, the new settlers of Florence, Oklahoma, are determined to build a real town.
the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshall
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
2009
An illustrated biography of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States marshal, based on his ability to communicate with the Native Americans in the area that was to become Oklahoma.
Presents a short study of the history of the Cherokee people in America, and describes their culture, forced migration from their native lands, traditions, and struggles to maintain their identity over the decades.
Traces the early life of the Oklahoma Indian farm boy who achieved a unique sports career as winner of Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon and as a professional baseball and football player.
