English language
Published Dec. 17, 2008 by Carolrhoda Books.
Bad news for outlaws
the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshall
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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.
Subjects
- Reeves, Bass -- Juvenile literature
- United States marshals -- Indian Territory -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- United States marshals -- Oklahoma -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Oklahoma -- 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
- Indian Territory -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Oklahoma -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Places
- Oklahoma
- Indian Territory