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Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves by Art T. Burton (Paperback, 2008)
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In The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as one of eight notable Oklahomans, the most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country. That Reeves was also an African American who had spent his early life as a slave in Arkansas and Texas made his accomplishments all the more remarkable. Black Gun, Silver Star tells Bass Reeves's story for the first time, sifting 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 to a query), Art T. Burton traces Reeves from his days of slavery to his soldiering in the Civil War battles of the Trans-Mississippi Theater to his career as a deputy U.S. marshal out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, beginning in 1875 when he worked under Hanging Judge Isaac C. Parker.Fluent in Creek and other southern 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. Black Gun, Silver Star restores this remarkable figure to his rightful place in the history of the American West. Art T. Burton is a professor of history at South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois. He is the author of Black, Buckskin, and Blue: African American Scouts and Soldiers on the Western Frontier and Black, Red, and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-139780803217478
eBay Product ID (ePID)89023124
Product Key Features
Number of Pages392 Pages
Publication NameBlack Gun, Silver Star: the Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSocial Sciences, History
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
AuthorArt T. Burton
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
SeriesRace and Ethnicity in the American West
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight522 g
Item Width152 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorArt T. Burton
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- 20 Dec, 2017
One of the greatest lawmen of the old west
A very, very interesting book of one of the greatest lawmen and peace officers of the old west. A must for everyone interested in Western history. Wholeheartedly recommended!! Hoven, Sweden.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
