Cherokee Fiction

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Haunted by the blood and bitterness of the Civil War, Houston Ballou escaped from Tennessee on the proud stallion High Fire, followed by his brother, Ruff; his sister, Dixie; and the last four mares from the Ballou farm, one of them heavy with foal. Threatened with extreme danger from either army, they head west to start a new life. Adding to their peril are deserters that stalk the roads. These men would kill for a few coins, more so for valuable horseflesh.

Eine Kleinstadt, drei heiße Männer und ein Versprechen: Willkommen im Single Dad's Club! Marcus ist in seine Heimatstadt zurückgekehrt, um das Bootsgeschäft seines Vaters zu übernehmen. Und er ist überzeugtes Mitglied im Single Dad's Club. Einem Club alleinerziehender Väter, deren Kinder für sie an erster Stelle stehen. Männer, die keine Frauen brauchen, um ihnen zu zeigen, wie man ein gutes Elternteil ist. Doch als Marcus die Campaufseherin seiner Tochter zum ersten Mal sieht, weiß er, dass er in Schwierigkeiten steckt. Vielleicht wird er nicht mehr lange Teil des Clubs sein können.

Die "White-Collar-Brothers"-Reihe geht weiter! Blanca Mancini hat gerade ihren stressigen Job gekündigt, als sie unverhofft in ihre beste Kindheitsfreundin Sierra reinläuft. Jahrelang haben die beiden sich nicht gesehen, und trotzdem fühlt es sich an, als sei kaum Zeit vergangen. Kurz entschlossen zieht Blanca in Sierras Wohngemeinschaft und beginnt einen neuen Job als Redakteurin. Im Zug lernt sie Ethan kennen, und das Knistern zwischen den Beiden ist unüberhörbar.

Some discoveries have the potential to change the world, and Tucker and Maya's could be a spectacular gain for all mankind. The world is often zero-sum, though, where one person's gain is another's loss, and there are a number of countries that would kill to keep their breakthrough form coming to light. Russia and the Consortium of Nations will do anything to keep the development under wraps, while the Chinese are desperate to acquire it for themselves.

Die Baileys-Familie wächst weiter! Buzz Wheel berichtet: Was ist da los in Lake Starlight? Gleich drei Bailey-Babies sind unterwegs. Das schreit nach einer großen Baby Shower im Kreise der ganzen Familie. Welches Baby im Kreißsaal wohl die Nase vorne haben wird? Wetten werden angenommen.

When she was seven years old, Angel saw her father brutally murder her mother. She was adopted by U.S. Marshal Caleb Jacobs and his wife Bonnie. Angel didn’t want to be a schoolteacher like her new Ma. Angel wanted to be a lawman like her new Pa. Outlaws and renegades didn’t believe Deputy U.S. Marshal Angel Jacobs was for real. They learned the truth the hard way at the end of her smoking Colt.

Time Period: Begins 1838 In 1838, Nellie Starr, a young Cherokee girl, is caught in the political upheaval of America's westward expansion. Forced by U.S. soldiers to leave their home in Tennessee, Nellie, her family, and thousands of other Cherokees travel the long, dangerous "Trail of Tears" to a new home in the Indian Territory of modern-day Oklahoma.

It’s going to be “the biggest hoss race in the world”! Homesteaders are set to race on horseback, in gigs and wagons, and even by train to stake their claim in the Cherokee Strip, the last bit of Oklahoma territory opened for settlement in 1893. For 15-year-old Becky Fletcher and her family, it's the Promised Land: their last chance for a farm they can live on free and clear. But no journey to the Promised Land is without trials, and the Fletchers soon run into setbacks. Each difficulty tests Becky’s inclination to further her own and her family's interests at all costs.

Verlieb dich nicht in einen Single Dad – Das Finale der Small-Town-Romance-Serie. Die anderen Männer aus dem Single Dad's Club würden sagen, dass es vor Jahren schon Zeit war. Zeit für einen Neuanfang. Zeit, über die Vergangenheit hinwegzukommen. Aber für Garrett war das Risiko, seine kleine Tochter zu verletzen, immer zu hoch. Doch Charlotte kann er nicht widerstehen. Sie ist alles, was er nicht wollen sollte: die kleine Schwester seines besten Freunds, die ihn in seinen verletzlichsten Momenten gesehen hat, und in seinen größten – die erste Person nach zwölf Jahren, die die Macht hat, ihn zu brechen.

Men throughout history have questioned their existence. Some men have pondered the origins of life. Where they are from and the greatness of their ancestors. Were these ancestors’ good men, men of legend? We are Scotsman the men whom have guarded the lowlands of Scotland against her enemies for decades. We left England to avoid the persecution that would follow her victory.

It’s 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and 15-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated, and loyal women, presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny. After Justine’s father abandoned the family, Lula became a devout member of the Holiness Church - a community that Justine at times finds stifling and terrifying. But Justine does her best as a devoted daughter, until an act of violence sends her on a different path forever.

Es gibt zwei Argumente, die gegen Cristian Bianco sprechen: Er ist Polizist und er ist Polizist im 18th District … das heißt, mein Dad ist sein Boss. Aufzuwachsen als die Tochter des Kapitäns und ständig unter seiner Beobachtung zu stehen, war mehr, als ich verkraften konnte. Inzwischen bin ich ausgezogen und lebe nach meinen eigenen Regeln. Na ja, meistens. Doch in meinem Job ist etwas schiefgelaufen und mein Notfallplan funktioniert nicht wie erhofft. Weshalb ich das Date, was meine Freundinnen auf der Bachelor-Versteigerung für mich arrangiert haben, nicht annehmen werde.

In the summer of 1865, Emmaline Gulledge is 11 years old and stubborn as a mule. Determined to do exactly what she sets her mind to, she explores the mountains and valleys around her home with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a keen eye that misses nothing. When her mother dies, Emmaline, Emmy for short, is thrust into the mystical, spiritual world of her mother's native peoples, the Tsalagi, better known as the Cherokee.

Cherokee people have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for thousands of years. During all this time, they have told stories to each other to explain how things came to be, to pass on lessons about life, and to describe the mountains, animals, plants, and spirits around them. The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee collects 26 stories that are great for kids and are still being told by storytellers today.

Why are ravens black? Why do screech owl eyes look red in light? How did we get fire? You'll find the answers to those questions in this retelling of a Cherokee pourquoi folktale. The earth was cold and dark, but the animals could see fire coming from the tree on the island. They tried to fly or swim to the island to bring back the fire's heat and light. What happened to some of the animals? Which animal brought it back and how?

Thirteen-year-old Uwohali has not seen his father, Sequoyah, for many years. So when Sequoyah returns to the village, Uwohali is eager to reconnect. But Sequoyah's new obsession with making strange markings causes friends and neighbors in their tribe to wonder whether he is crazy - or, worse, practicing witchcraft. What they don't know, and what Uwohali discovers, is that Sequoyah is a genius, and his strange markings are actually an alphabet representing the sounds of the Cherokee language.

Set in the rugged frontier of the West, this unforgettable sequel to Janet Dailey's best selling novel The Proud and the Free begins when Lije Stuart, the handsome son of Temple and The Blade Stuart, returns to the Cherokee Nation after 4 years at Harvard. As the American Civil War rages across the country, the Stuarts, too, are torn apart by an old family feud.

This captivating historical novel takes listeners inside the Cherokee Nation's tumultuous struggle for justice in the early 1830s and sweeps us away in a surprising and unforgettable love story. Temple Gordon is the daughter of an educated Cherokee leader and a young woman of uncommon beauty. Raised on her family's grand Southern plantation, Temple is fiercely devoted to Cherokee traditions and her lover, The Blade Stuart, a visionary committed to a new future for the tribe.

Millions of Americans are violently protesting; many more are refusing to pay federal income tax. States are threatening to secede from the United States of America; the president is desperately trying to avoid a civil war. While Tucker is offering a solution, his family is under attack from the most intelligent person in the world - a person self-diagnosed as a sociopath and psychopath.