The Trail of the Panther: A Historic Fiction

In Dahomey, West Africa-home of the Panther People-powerful warriors battle each other for slaves to offer the gods in sacrifice or sell to slave traders. In the aftermath of a brutal tribal war, little Ehizokie is orphaned. After a mother panther raises her along with her cubs, fate decides Ehizokie's future as she transforms into an Ahosi warrior-a group of special guards that are all women and all wives of the king. More than anything else, Ehizokie wants to please the king of her African nation. As she matures and is eventually brought to America on a slave ship, Ehizokie soon reveals to everyone around her, including her slave friend, Izogie, that she is a terror to anyone who threatens her life, the king, or those under her protection. After she finally lands at a Mississippi plantation and begins a new chapter, Ehizokie births five generations of descendants, one of whom is Cora Mae Jones. As Cora rises from the depths of poverty in Panther Burn, Mississippi, she creates a future no one could have ever imagined. The Trail of the Panther is the story of an African Ahosi warrior as her life's journey leads her to America and to birth descendants who blaze a trail to the citadels of power around the world.

Author: Roosevelt Jr. Wright
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 11/21/2018
Pages: 830
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.75d
ISBN13: 9781532062506
ISBN10: 1532062508
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Historical | General

About the Author
Roosevelt Wright, Jr. graduated from the University of Louisiana and has spent more than four decades as a journalist. He is the author of thirty-seven stage plays and five books that include the historical novel, Children of the Panther Burn. Roosevelt and his wife, Joslyn, are the publishers of the Monroe Free Press, a weekly newspaper in print since 1969.

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