Beautiful Courage is a heartfelt story told through the letters and journal of a young girl bound for California in 1852. This touching tale stays with you long after you finish reading.
Diane Covington-Carter has been named a finalist for The WILLA Literary Awards for her novel, Beautiful Courage, A Young Woman's Journey West, 1852 (2019).
The award is named in honor of Pulitzer Prize winning author Willa Cather, one of America’s foremost novelists, and honors the best in literature, featuring women’s or girls’ stories set in the West that are published each year. The judges are professional librarians, historians and university affiliated educators.
Women Writing the West (WWW), a nonprofit association of writers and other professionals, underwrites and presents the nationally recognized award annually.
For more information about the book, go to www.dianecovingtoncarter.com.
