{"product_id":"the-life-and-times-of-mary-musgrove","title":"The Life and Times of Mary Musgrove","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of Mary Musgrove (17001764)  a Creek IndianEnglish woman struggling for success in colonial society  is an improbable one. As a literate Christian  entrepreneur  and wife of an Anglican clergyman  Mary was one of a small number of mixed blood Indians to achieve a position of prominence among English colonists. Born to a Creek mother and an English father  Marys bicultural heritage prepared her for an eventful adulthood spent in the rough and tumble world of Colonial Georgia Indian affairs. Active in diplomacy  trade  and politicsaffairs typically dominated by menMary worked as an interpreter between the Creek Indians and the colonistsalthough some argue that she did so for her own gains  altering translations to sway transactions in her favor. Widowed twice in the prime of her life  Mary and her successive husbands claimed vast tracts of land in Georgia (illegally  as British officials would have it) by virtue of her Indian heritage  thereby souring her relationship with the colonys governing officials and severely straining the colonys relationship with the Creek Indians. Using Marys life as a narrative thread  Steven Hahn explores the connected histories of the Creek Indians and the colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. He demonstrates how the fluidity of race and gender relations on the southern frontier eventually succumbed to more rigid hierarchies that supported the regions emerging plantation system.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946698731573,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813042216","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813042213.jpg?v=1769961762","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-life-and-times-of-mary-musgrove","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}