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Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal / Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, (c)2009.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780822567646
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F697 .B336 2009
  • F697
Available additional physical forms:
  • COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
Awards:
  • A Junior Library Guild selection
  • Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2010.
  • AlabamaA Notable book, 2010.
  • Carter G. Woodson Honor Book, 2010
  • Golden Kite Honor, 2010
  • Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010.
Subject: Outlaws feared him. Law-abiding citizens respected him. Bass always got his man, dead or alive. He achieved all this in spite of whites who didn't like the notion of a black lawman. The true story of former slave Bass Reeves, is the story of a remarkable African American hero of the Old West.Subject: This biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma.
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Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE COLLECTION Fiction F697.R44N45 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001441845

Includes timeline, list of western vocabulary words, and articles on Judge Isaac C. Parker and the Indian territory that gained statehood as Oklahoma.

Reading level: age 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Includes bibliographical references.

Outlaws feared him. Law-abiding citizens respected him. Bass always got his man, dead or alive. He achieved all this in spite of whites who didn't like the notion of a black lawman. The true story of former slave Bass Reeves, is the story of a remarkable African American hero of the Old West.

This biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

A Junior Library Guild selection

Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2010.

AlabamaA Notable book, 2010.

Carter G. Woodson Honor Book, 2010

Golden Kite Honor, 2010

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010.

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