In 1908 Oklahoma, an eighteen-year-old newspaper reporter is introduced to a ninety-three-year-old Cherokee man named Two Waters.
What begins as a meeting on a porch becomes something far more important. Day after day, Two Waters tells the young reporter the story of his life-a life that has witnessed nearly a century of extraordinary change for the Cherokee people.
Born in 1810, Two Waters grows from a Cherokee boy into a man whose life carries him through some of the most consequential events in Cherokee history. He experiences loss, injustice, family, friendship, survival, and the transformation of the world he has always known. Through it all, he holds firmly to the values that shaped him.
His only request of the young reporter is simple: write the story exactly as he tells it.
TWO WATERS is historical fiction centered on one man's memories, his family, and the people who shaped his life. History provides the road, but Two Waters is the man readers are invited to meet.
Long after the last page is read and the book is put on a shelf, the readers will remember the man who moved their hearts, and gained their trust, Two Waters.