Old ledger is basis for story of early settlers
An old ledger book discovered in a cabinet full of memorabilia at her mother's house has provided the inspiration for a recently published book, "The Late Sooner” by Sally Jadlow.
The ledger contained daily entries her great-grandfather Sanford Deering made in describing life in rural Missouri and his aspiration to make the Land Run of 1889 to claim land in what would become Oklahoma .
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