From an award-winning author and Choctaw storyteller comes riveting tales set in turn-of-the-century Indian Territory. Inside the Choctaw Tribune series are stories of friendship, faith, and family in a gritty western setting with characters that fight for truth against all odds. This boxset includes books 1 – 3 of the Choctaw Tribune series. THE EXECUTIONS It’s 1892, Indian Territory. A war is … Tribune series.
THE EXECUTIONS
It’s 1892, Indian Territory. A war is brewing in the Choctaw Nation as two political parties fight out issues of old and new ways. Caught in the middle is eighteen-year-old Ruth Ann, a Choctaw who doesn’t want to see her family killed.
In a small but booming pre-statehood town, her family owns a controversial newspaper, the Choctaw Tribune. Ruth Ann wants to help spread the word about critical issues but there is danger for a female reporter on all fronts—socially, politically, even physically.
But what is truly worth dying for? This quest leads Ruth Ann and her brother Matthew, the stubborn editor of the fledgling Choctaw Tribune, to old Choctaw ways at the farm of a condemned murderer. It also brings them to head on clashes with leading townsmen who want their reports silenced no matter what.
More killings are ahead. Who will survive to know the truth? Will truth survive?
TRAITORS
Betrayed.
Someone 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.
When heated words turn to hot lead, Ruth Ann Teller—a young Choctaw woman—fears losing her brother, who won’t settle for anything but the truth. Matthew is determined to use his newspaper, the Choctaw Tribune, 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.
But 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?
When attacks against the newspaper strike and bullets fly, a trip to the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 is the key to saving the Choctaw Tribune and Matthew’s investigation. But Ruth Ann must find the courage to face a journey to the White City—without her brother.
SHAFT OF TRUTH
On a mission to bring justice to the outlaw gang that murdered his father and brother, Matthew Teller leaves the Choctaw Tribune newspaper for his sister to operate and plunges into an unfamiliar world of darkness and danger. Working inside the coal mines of the Choctaw Nation—one of the most dangerous places in the country—he searches for a man who may have the answers to this six-year-old mystery. But after Matthew uncovers an earth-shattering truth that rocks him to his core, he must decide what right is, and what price he is willing to pay for it.
Ruth Ann Teller knows she can handle publishing the Choctaw Tribune—until she loses their biggest advertiser. Now, with Matthew miles away and the future of the newspaper resting squarely on her shoulders, Ruth Ann must make a bold move to keep the newspaper afloat in her brother’s absence. She sets it on a course for new success or total disaster.
Striking coal miners. Outlaw gangs. An unsolved crime. And a Choctaw family that fights for one another, and for truth.
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This is a wonderful collection of books! They are full of action, suspense, drama and will keep you turning the pages to see what happens next.
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The Executions: A very sad time in history 1892. The Choctaw Nation before Statehood for Oklahoma. The trials and tribulations of White man and Indian. The Indians have such faith I don’t understand how they can keep it. I also don’t understand some of the laws at the time. White man and Indian. It is still going on today. As a Nation we should be above it but there is still so much hatred going on. I feel very sad for the human race.
Traitors: It is really bad when a traitor is from your own. An excellent story. Full of intrigue, drama, pain, and near death experience. Then you also have the beauty of the World Fair and all of it’s glory and wounder. A very shocking ending to this story. Well worth reading. Now I have one more story in this book I will also enjoy reading it.
Shaft of Truth: There is a very OLD saying it goes “The truth will set you free”. There have been times in my life I wondered how that could be. This story is a small taste of the phrase. An excellent story. Telling the truth and also how information can help people learn about one another. Stating facts and letting people come to there own conclusion helps to understand others. I do hope that there will be more stories about the Tellers. I do love the way the author tells the story but does not take away from the information she wants to tell all people about life in the 1800’s.
I loved reading these stories without a break in the action! This series paints pictures of Oklahoma before statehood and of the Choctaw family that owns and publishes a newspaper that reports truth. The prejudice and hatred, warring between two political factions of Choctaws, a visit to the Chicago Fair and even Bass Reeves, the famous Oklahoma lawman who cleans up the mess made by greedy people who want money and power at the expense of innocent lives, is all here
It is a wonderful walk back through history. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
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Excellent books!
This well-researched collection will give you a realistic view of what life was like during this time. It was hard, it was violent, with danger and hardships, but the people were brave, strong-willed, and ready to do what was needed to do to survive. The books also showcase the Choctaw before the government abused the Native American. These books will grab you right from the start they are excellent if possible I would give this way more than five-stars. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.