She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader

by Jan Godown Annino

Book Overview

She Sang Promise is the compelling and inspiring story of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, one of modern America's first female elected tribal leader. With its lyrical, poetic text, and rich, vibrant illustration, this is a book to charm and amaze young readers.

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was born in 1923, the daughter of a Seminole woman and a white man. She grew up in the Everglades under dark clouds of distrust among her tribe who could not accept...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426305923
• ISBN13: 9781426305924
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5