Copyright 1966, hardcover with dustjacket, ex-library, 235 pages. "Story of Cary, a half-Indian girl who grows up in southern backwoods poverty. As the illegitimate child of a Cherokee tenant farmer and a white woman of promiscuous habits, Cary suffers and survives. She witnesses her father's death and withdraws to nature where her human instinct eventually reunites her with love." Library cardholder/checkout sheet and stamps/notations inside. Dustjacket is enclosed in mylar overlay taped to cover. Binding is secure.