Bad News for Outlaws - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bad News for Outlaws write by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. This book was released on 2009-08-01. Bad News for Outlaws available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sitting tall in the saddle, with a wide-brimmed black hat and twin Colt pistols on his belt, Bass Reeves seemed bigger than life. Outlaws feared him. Law-abiding citizens respected him. As a peace officer, he was cunning and fearless. When a lawbreaker he
The Legend of Bass Reeves
The Legend of Bass Reeves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend of Bass Reeves write by Gary Paulsen. This book was released on 2008-12-30. The Legend of Bass Reeves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Born into slavery, Bass Reeves became the most successful US Marshal of the Wild West. Many "heroic lawmen" of the Wild West, familiar to us through television and film, were actually violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. But of all the sheriffs of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero: Bass Reeves. He was the most successful Federal Marshal in the US in his day. True to the mythical code of the West, he never drew his gun first. He brought hundreds of fugitives to justice, was shot at countless times, and never hit. Bass Reeves was a black man, born into slavery. And though the laws of his country enslaved him and his mother, when he became a free man he served the law, with such courage and honor that he became a legend.
Let 'Er Buck!
Let 'Er Buck! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Let 'Er Buck! write by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. This book was released on 2019-02-05. Let 'Er Buck! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Nelson plaits her narrative with Western lingo and homespun similes. . . . James' painterly oils swirl with energy, visible daubs creating the dusty, monumental landscape and equally monumental horses and humans. . . . A champion indeed." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The true tale of a cowboy's epic rodeo ride from acclaimed author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Caldecott Honoree Gordon C. James. In 1911, three men were in the final round of the famed Pendleton Round-Up. One was white, one was Indian, and one was black. When the judges declared the white man the winner, the audience was outraged. They named black cowboy George Fletcher the "people's champion" and took up a collection, ultimately giving Fletcher far more than the value of the prize that went to the official winner. Award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson tells the story of Fletcher's unlikely triumph with a western flair that will delight kids—and adults—who love true stories, unlikely heroes, and cowboy tales.
Black Gun, Silver Star
Black Gun, Silver Star - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Black Gun, Silver Star write by Art T. Burton. This book was released on 2022-09. Black Gun, Silver Star available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as the "most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country." That Reeves was also an African American who had spent his early life enslaved in Arkansas and Texas made his accomplishments all the more remarkable. Black Gun, Silver Star sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late nineteenth-century America--and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Bucking the odds ("I'm sorry, we didn't keep Black people's history," a clerk at one of Oklahoma's local historical societies answered one query), Art T. Burton traces Reeves from his days of slavery to his Civil War soldiering to his career as a deputy U.S. marshal out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, when he worked under "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker. Fluent in Creek and other regional Native languages, physically powerful, skilled with firearms, and a master of disguise, Reeves was exceptionally adept at apprehending fugitives and outlaws and his exploits were legendary in Oklahoma and Arkansas. In this new edition Burton traces Reeves's presence in the national media of his day as well as his growing modern presence in popular media such as television, movies, comics, and video games.
No Crystal Stair
No Crystal Stair - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook No Crystal Stair write by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. This book was released on 2018-03. No Crystal Stair available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this work of historical fiction, Nelson tells the story of a man with a passion for knowledge and of a bookstore whose influence has become legendary.
