Portada

ALL GOD?S SPARROWS AND OTHER STORIES IBD

BEYOND THE PAGE PUBLISHING
09 / 2024
9781960511744
Inglés

Sinopsis

Born into slavery in Tennessee, the remarkable 'Stagecoach Mary' Fields was a larger-than-life figure who cherished her independence, yet formed a deep bond with the Ursuline Sisters, traveling to their Montana mission in 1885 and spending the last thirty years of her life living there or in nearby Cascade. Mary is believed to have been the first Black woman in the country to drive a U.S. Postal Star Route, the source of her nickname.áInáAll GodâÇÖs Sparrows and Other Stories, Agatha Award-winning author Leslie Budewitz brings together three short stories, each originally published ináAlfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, imagining the life of Stagecoach Mary in her first year in Montana, and a novella exploring her later life, including:áAll GodâÇÖs Sparrows, winner of the 2018 Agatha Award for Best Short Story,áMiss StarrâÇÖs Goodbye, a nominee for the Short Mystery Fiction SocietyâÇÖs Derringer Award,áComing Clean,áa finalist for the Western Writers of AmericaâÇÖs 2021 Spur Award for Best Short Story, andáA Bitter Wind, a brand-new novella in which Mary helps a young woman newly arrived in the valley solve the mystery of her fiancéâÇÖs death and his homesteading neighborsâÇÖ bitterness toward him.áIncludes an abbreviated bibliography and historical notes from the author.

PVP
14,34