Power in the blood
Subtitle: a family narrative
By: Linda Tate.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Ohio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780821418710; 9780821418727
Subjects: Tate, Linda -- Family; Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Genealogy; Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Biography; Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions; Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography; Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Biography; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Biography; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Genealogy; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Race relations; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions
Genres: Genealogy.; Biography.
Description: "Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative traces Linda Tate's journey to rediscover the Cherokee-Appalachian branch of her family and provides an unflinching examination of the poverty, discrimination, and family violence that marked their lives. In her search for the truth of her own past, Tate scoured archives, libraries, and courthouses throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, and Missouri, visited numerous cemeteries, and combed through census records, marriage records, court cases, local histories, old maps, and photographs. As she began to locate distant relatives - fifth, sixth, seventh cousins, all descended from her great-greatgrandmother Louisiana - they gathered in kitchens and living rooms, held family reunions, and swapped stories. A past that had long been buried slowly came to light as family members shared the pieces of the family s tale that had been passed along to them." "Power in the Blood is a dramatic family history that reads like a novel, as Tate's compelling narrative reveals one mystery after another. Innovative and groundbreaking in its approach to research and storytelling, Power in the Blood shows that exploring a family story can enhance understanding of history, life, and culture and that honest examination of the past can lead to healing and liberation in the present."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.