![]() ![]() "From the moment Mary rides into town, readers will be hooked.A wild ride through an impressive bit of history."- Kirkus Reviews Fields helped pave the way for other women and people of color to become stagecoach drivers and postal workers. She won the dangerous and challenging job, and for many years traveled the badlands with her pet eagle, protecting the mail from outlaws and wild animals, never losing a single horse or package. ![]() 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. ![]() Full color.Ģ021-2022 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Master Listīlack history meets the American West in this inspiring story of a woman who became a legend.Ī 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. ![]() About the Book 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. ![]()
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