Publication

2006 - University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska

Language

English

Word Count

86,500 words, Guess

Page Count

346 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005032827
  • LibraryThing3755341
  • Goodreads649969

Classifications

  • DDC363.28/2089960730766
  • LCCF697.R44 B87 2006

Description

Factual account of the first black Deputy U.S. Marshal to work for Judge Issiac Parker, the reputed "hanging judge" in Fort Smith, Ark. Bass Reeves was over 6 ft. tall, an expert shot, an acknowledged tracker, and he almost always got his man, no matter how long it took. Bad men avoided him when they could.

Subjects

Topics

OutlawsHistoryBiographyReeves, BassIndian territoryAfrican AmericansOklahoma, biography

Places

Ark.Ft. Smith

People

Bass Reeves

Times

Late 19th centuryearly 20th century.

Genres

  • Biography.

Series Statement

  • Race and ethnicity in the American West

Other Editions

  • Black gun, silver star: the life and legend of frontier marshal Bass ReevesUniversity of Nebraska Press2006-01-01

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