Walnut Grove

ISBN: 0741440032

Author: Roberts, R.D.

Condition: Used

Product Description Frank Adams, a Cornell graduate, moves to Indian Territority and marries Grace, a beautiful Cherokee woman, his Amazing Grace as he calls her. Their lives are filled with love and tragedy as we follow them from Muskogee to Cornell, France, and finally back to Bartlesville, Oklahoma. A young Mexican boy and an Irish couple become an integral part of their family. Cornell University, Bacone College, Oklahoma Baptist University, the discovery of oil in Oklahoma, Phillips Petroleum Company, the building of Route 66, fires in Muskogee and Tulsa, the Oklahoma dust bowl, and two world wars help shape their lives. About the Author R. D. Roberts was born and reared in Oklahoma.He holds a degree in music education, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee and a Master of Church Music, Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth. He has directed music in churches in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and South Carolina.For 33 years he served as program chairman, script writer and handbell director for the Governors Carolighting, an hour Live-Telecast over statewide ETV. In 2005 he received The Order of the Silver Crescent Award the States highest honor for volunteer service from the Governor of SC. He is married and has three daughters and four grandchildren.