{"product_id":"9780991025947","title":"Traitors","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Someone's going to be king in this territory. No reason it can't be me. It sure won't be you.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetrayed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone is tearing at the fabric of the Choctaw Nation while political turmoil, assassinations, and feuds threaten the sovereignty of the tribe, which stands under the U.S. government's scrutiny. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen heated words turn to hot lead, Ruth Ann Teller-a mixed-blood Choctaw-fears losing her brother, who won't settle for anything but the truth. Matthew is determined to use his newspaper, the \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, to uncover the scheme behind Mayor Thaddeus Warren's claim to the townsite of Dickens. Matthew is willing to risk his newspaper-and his life-to uncover a traitor among their people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Ruth Ann tries to help, she causes more harm than good-especially after the mayor brings in Lance Fuller, a schoolteacher from New York, to provide a rare educational opportunity for white children. How does this charming yet aloof young man fit into the mayor's scheme? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen attacks against the newspaper strike and bullets fly, a trip to the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 is the key to saving the \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and Matthew's investigation. But Ruth Ann must find the courage to face a journey to the White City-without her brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sarah introduces many issues: race relations, the presence of Jews in the Choctaw Nation, the Lighthorsemen, the educated and civilized Choctaw, a few greedy white people, the struggle for women to have equal rights and be able to pursue careers, the political issues of the Nationals and the Progressives, the confusion and separation of the two tiered system for lawbreakers for the white man and the Indian in Indian Territory, morality, integrity, doing what is right and the Gospel message. These issues are all woven into the story of the Teller family. So much intrigue and mystery.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Beverly Hardy Allen, author of \u003ci\u003eBack Then: A Choctaw Family's Noble Legacy of Perseverance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eseries\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Executions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Traitors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e series follows the journey of a fictional mixed-blood Choctaw family as they encounter the real events and real history in Indian Territory before Oklahoma became a state. A historical fiction series with a Western flare, these Native stories explore racial, political, spiritual, and social issues in the old Choctaw Nation-and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe five (or more) novels in this series will release from 2016 through 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eScroll up to purchase your copy of TRAITORS.\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036025012464,"sku":"9780991025947","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780991025947_p0.jpg?v=1763942410","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780991025947","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}