When she saw an opening for a stagecoach driver to deliver mail and packages into the mountains, she knew she was qualified and could handle the dangers of the job. Mary Fields, a former slave, rode into the segregated Wild West alone in 1895. How exciting can a story about a female postal worker be? Very exciting, if it’s Tami Charles’ Fearless Mary: The True Adventures of Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver.
Overall, this is a unique and valuable story that centers on the endurance and humanity of enslaved people, and ends on a firm note of hope. The family’s routine is interrupted when the narrator’s brother runs away and a search is called dogs are pictured and a whip is mentioned, but violence is not pictured. Natural colors, silhouettes, expressive faces and the use of the implied space beyond the page bring the enslaved community to life.
The striking artwork captures cuddles and kisses, smiles and games, gift-giving and preaching. As slaves on a plantation, the family faces difficulty and danger, but they also have joy, love and community-things we don’t often associate with the lives of the enslaved. Ransome’s free verse follows a week in the life of a young girl who begins and ends each day with her loving family. Ransome, a prolific and award-winning illustrator, proves that his words are just as powerful as his art in The Bell Rang. "retail_price" : "16.99", "online_price" : "16.99", "our_price" : "16.99", "club_price" : "16.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : ""įive new picture books teach young readers about the struggles and triumphs of black people living in America. 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. "item_description" : "2021-2022 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Master ListBlack history meets the American West in this inspiring story of a woman who became a legend.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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