Ruth Harris and her younger brother, Jerry, who are of mixed Cherokee and white heritage, head down the Ohio with their parents to settle new country, perhaps in Arkansas. Pirates kill their parents, and the kids become captives on a Mississippi River island. Ruth is forced into marriage with a ne'er-do-well and bears his child; Jerry seems destined to become a pirate. Then the New Madrid earthquake of 1811 intervenes.
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ISBN: 9781410476968
ISBN: 1410476960
Physical Description:455 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition:Large print edition.
Publisher:Farmington Hills, Michigan : Gale Cengage Learning, 2015.