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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.

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A Paperback / softback by Ann Weisgarber

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    Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
    Publication Date: 26/07/2011
    ISBN13: 9780143119487, 978-0143119487
    ISBN10: 0143119486
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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.

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