Synopses & Reviews
When a white trapper is murdered and a young Chippewa Indian is arrested as the suspected villain, the entire town is enraged and screams for revenge fill the streets, but thirteen-year-old Rebecca Carver believes the Chippewa boy is falsely accused and sets out to find out the truth to set him free from his pending fate on the gallows. Reprint.
Synopsis
Twelve-year old Rebecca Carter, witnessing her town's reaction to a Native American accused of murder, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.
Synopsis
The year is 1812. A white trapper is murdered. And a young Chippewa Indian stands accused.
Captured and shackled in leg irons and chains, Indian John awaits his trial in a settler's loft. In a world of crude frontier justice where evidence is often overlooked in favor of vengeance, he struggles to make sense of the white man's court. His young lawyer faces the wrath of a settlement hungry to see the Indian hang. And 13-year-old Rebecca Carver, terrified by the captive Indian right in her home, must decide for herself what--and who--is right. At stake is a life. Inspired by a true story, "Crooked River takes a probing look at prejudice and early American justice.
"From the Hardcover edition.
Synopsis
The year is 1812. A white trapper is murdered. And a young Chippewa Indian stands accused.
About the Author
A former teacher and museum historian, Shelley Pearsall is now a full-time writer. Her first novel,
Trouble Dont Last, won the Scott ODell Award for Historical Fiction. She lives in Silver Lake, Ohio.
From the Hardcover edition.