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

By:

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux [Author]

Contributor(s):

Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- [ill]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780822567646
0822567644

Subject(s): LOC classification:

F697.N431.B336 2009
F697.R44.C555.B336 2009

Available additional physical forms:

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.

Summary: 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.Summary: 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.

Item type: Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)	G. Allen Fleece Library Juvenile Collection - Second Floor	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.

Ages 8-12.

MG 5.2 0.5

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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