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Pappy's handkerchief

a tale of the Oklahoma land run

by Devin Scillian

Frontier and pioneer lifeJuvenile fictionFamily lifeFictionHistoryAfrican AmericansChildren's fictionAfrican americans, fiction

In 1889, young Moses and his family sell everything they own and leave their Baltimore, Maryland, home to join many other settlers--black and white--in a race to claim land in the newly-opened territory of Oklahoma.

Writing a summary for young readers…

For young readers

Book data: Open Library