Books By:
Tami Charles
Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver
$16.99
FROM SARAH:
Your young adventurers are going to love this true story of a remarkable Black woman who broke barriers in the American West, driving stagecoaches and delivering mail all with a pet eagle on her arm! Fast-paced and totally engaging, this is sure to delight your readers.
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
A little-known but fascinating and larger-than-life character, Mary Fields is one of the unsung, trailblazing African American women who helped settle the American West. A former slave, Fields became the first African American woman stagecoach driver in 1895, when, in her 60s, she beat out all the cowboys applying for the job by being the fastest to hitch a team of six horses.
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