{"product_id":"cherokee-bride-book-stephen-a-enna-9781088022597","title":"The Cherokee Bride","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Cherokee Bride takes place in the year 1850. It is the story of a 17-year-old woman whose name is Maggie Carter. Maggie is an out-of-control kid who is half Cherokee Indian and half\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe grew up in Fayetteville Arkansas and was the child of a single parent Cherokee Indian who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas rarely around to give her guidance or support. Her mother died when she was 14 and from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen on, she was on her own without support from anyone. In 1850 an article was posted in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etown that got her attention. A man named Major Peter Jenkins was organizing a wagon train\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat would leave Fayetteville heading for the California Gold Rush. With nothing to hold her in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFayetteville Maggie signs up and is selected to be one of the scouts for the train. In 1850 early\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epioneers faced multiple problems and challengers while on the trail but the most serious were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethree diseases that were killing people right and left. They were Smallpox, Measles and Cholera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe train would face all three as they travelled west.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the wagon train arrives in Grand River Oklahoma Peter recruits five Cherokee Indians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto join the train as scouts. It would be their knowledge that he would rely on to lead the train\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eacross the long prairies, around the huge mountains in the path and across deserts with no water\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eavailable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lead brave selected to serve as Chief Scout is a young man named Jimmy light feather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChawkta. Jimmy is smart, speaks three different Indian languages and was practically born on a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehorse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis story will keep you on edge as you follow Maggie, Jimmy, and Peter in their 2000-mile trek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eacross the United States Territories to the California Gold rush.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50376556052753,"sku":"CIN1088022596G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1088022596.jpg?v=1751334355","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/cherokee-bride-book-stephen-a-enna-9781088022597","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}