It is 1917 in the South Dakota Badlands and the summer has been hard. Fourteen years have passed since Rachel and Issac DuPree left Chicago to stake a claim in this unforgiving land. Isaac, a former Buffalo Soldier, is fiercely proud: black families are rare in the West, and black ranchers even rarer. But it hasn't rained in months, the cattle are bellowing with thirst, and supplies have dwindled. Pregnant, and straggling to feed her children the life they deserve, but she knows that her husband will never leave his ranch. Somehow she must find the strength to do what is right - for her children, for her husband, and for herself. THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF RACHEL DUPREE is an unforgettable novel about love and loyalty, homeland and belonging.