In the 1890s, after moving to the Choctaw Nation with his parents, Tom finds his friendship with Jim Moshulatubbee complicated when Jim is sentenced to death under Choctaw law
Traces the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad, their apprehension, and long trial which ended in their acquittal by the Supreme Court
Great Gravity takes to the streets when his easy life with a couple is shattered by a new baby, until a trial return home brings him face to face with the interloper, with whom he discovers he shares an amazing secret