The Cherry Stone: A Family's Struggle to Homestead in Cherokee Territory
(By Sandy Salisbury)
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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.”
