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The Red Cross Rainmaker, Howard Bonham, is a story of a Native American lad who grows up in the Cherokee "Badlands," as the area becomes part of Oklahoma. Despite his exposure to allegations of injustices done to his forbearers by the government, he takes the high road, leading to an exciting career in journalism and executive positions with the American Red Cross. His journey includes early years as a reporter, when he learns people skills in interviewing celebrities like Will Rogers, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Clark Gable, Van Johnson, and Sonja Heine. Those lessons enable him later to relate...

Waitey McColl is a young adult working as the night clerk of the Sequoyah House hotel, in the Cherokee Badlands of eastern Oklahoma. A Native American of mixed blood, he was born in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory, a few years before the region became the 46th state of Oklahoma in 1907. He is smart and ambitious; and, as a direct descendant of the Cherokee Trail of Tears-a pejorative among Native Americans describing the forcible removal of ancestors from the United States-he harbors a deep resentment toward the white society. The angst of his ancestors has been passed down through...