Soon to be a Major Motion Picture Starring Emmy Award Winner and Oscar Nominee Viola Davis; "An eye-opening look at the little-explored area of a black frontier woman in the American West." —
Chicago Sun-Times
Praised by Alice Walker and many other bestselling writers,
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
is an award-winning debut novel with incredible heart about life on the prairie as it's rarely been seen. Reminiscent of
The Color Purple
, as well as the frontier novels of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Willa Cather, it opens a window on the little-known history of African American homesteaders and gives voice to an extraordinary heroine who embodies the spirit that built America.