Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves (Race and Ethnicity in the American West) by Burton, Art T

Bison Books, 2008-04-01. Paperback. Good. 0.9000 8.9000 6.0000.

Bison Books, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. 6x0x9. Book has a small amount of writing on inside front cover. Elsewhere, book shows very little use. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***

Bison Books, 2008-04-01. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. 2008 University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, Nebraska), 6 x 9 inches tall trade paperback, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, xix, 364 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP40~ [2.0P] 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 makes his accomplishments all the more remarkable. 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 a query), Art T. Burton sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late nineteenth-century… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Bison Books, 2008. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 392 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.