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Creek Mary's Blood by Dee Brown
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Creek Mary's Blood (original 1980; edition 1981)

by Dee Brown (Author)

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The New York Times-bestselling saga of Creek Indian Mary Musgrove and her descendants, whose lives parallel the American story through two centuries.   In Creek Mary's Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgrove--born in 1700 to a Creek tribal chief--and five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her two sons (one born to a white trader and the other to a Cherokee warrior), Brown's novel creates a gripping panorama of the American Indian experience in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His narrative spans colonial rebellion, the Trail of Tears, and the Civil War--in which Mary's descendants fought on both sides of the conflict. Rich with historical detail and human drama, this is a novel filled with "dark, inexorable energy" by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author's personal collection.… (more)
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Info:Arrow Bks. (1981), Ausgabe: n.e., 461 Seiten
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Pretty good, but drug a little towards the second half and I almost lost interest. I think I would rather read the non-fiction accounts of the Native American people. ( )
  rjdycus | Dec 19, 2022 |
In Creek Mary’s Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgrove—born in 1700 to a Creek tribal chief—and five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her two sons (one born to a white trader and the other to a Cherokee warrior), Brown’s novel creates a gripping panorama of the American Indian experience in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His narrative spans colonial rebellion, the Trail of Tears, and the Civil War—in which Mary’s descendants fought on both sides of the conflict.

Rich with historical detail and human drama, this is a novel filled with “dark, inexorable energy” by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. ( )
  Gmomaj | Jun 2, 2022 |
excellant
  Pennylbb | Jan 19, 2020 |
I am astonished at the light hand Dee Brown is handling this sweeping saga of the American Indians. It could be told in a different way condemning the treatment, heavily doused in bitterness and judgement. But that is not this novel. It allows you to make your own conclusions while becoming familiar with the large cast of characters.

I must admit the story picked up for me after the Trail of Tears and resumed in the Plains, west of the Mississippi.

Though the book written close to 40 years ago about the turn of the 20th century, nothing much has changed about our treatment of the American Indians and land grabs. The Dakota pipe line, the Bear Ears national monument.

We're a disgrace. Rather greed is a disgrace. Many universal themes in this book. Those to go to Washington line their pockets. When they fill their pockets they remove their hats and fill that.

True in 1905, 1875, and now.

Good book. ( )
  Alphawoman | Feb 5, 2018 |
A study of the arc of the Creek nation, from the expulsion in the 1820's to the 1890's with an upbeat ending. Dee Brown is a better historian than a novelist, in my opinion. ( )
  DinadansFriend | Dec 9, 2013 |
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added by juniperSun | editNew Yorker Vol. 56 Issue 7, p149 (Apr 7, 1980)
 

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The New York Times-bestselling saga of Creek Indian Mary Musgrove and her descendants, whose lives parallel the American story through two centuries.   In Creek Mary's Blood, Dee Brown fictionalizes the astonishing true story of Mary Musgrove--born in 1700 to a Creek tribal chief--and five generations of her family. By tracing her struggles with colonists in Georgia, and then the lives of her two sons (one born to a white trader and the other to a Cherokee warrior), Brown's novel creates a gripping panorama of the American Indian experience in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His narrative spans colonial rebellion, the Trail of Tears, and the Civil War--in which Mary's descendants fought on both sides of the conflict. Rich with historical detail and human drama, this is a novel filled with "dark, inexorable energy" by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

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