Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal / Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.
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TextPublication details: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, (c)2009.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780822567646
- Reeves, Bass -- Juvenile literature
- United States marshals -- Indian Territory -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- United States marshals -- Oklahoma -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Oklahoma -- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Freedmen -- Oklahoma -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma -- Juvenile literature
- Outlaws -- Indian Territory -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Outlaws -- Oklahoma -- History -- Juvenile literature
- F697 .B336 2009
- F697
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- 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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G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE COLLECTION | Fiction | F697.R44N45 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001441845 |
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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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