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Genre/Form: | Picture books for children Biography Coretta Scott King Award (author) Biographies History Juvenile works Picture books Juvenile literature Biography Juvenile literature Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
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Named Person: | Bass Reeves; Bass Reeves; Bass Reeves |
Material Type: | Biography, Elementary and junior high school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; R Gregory Christie |
ISBN: | 9780822567646 0822567644 9780329775988 0329775987 |
OCLC Number: | 191317772 |
Notes: | Includes timeline, list of western vocabulary words, and articles on Judge Isaac C. Parker and the Indian territory that gained statehood as Oklahoma. Reading level: age 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. |
Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2010. ALA Notable book, 2010. Carter G. Woodson Honor Book, 2010 Golden Kite Honor, 2010 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010. Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award, 2011-2012. |
Target Audience: | Ages 8-12.; Elementary Grade.; 860L |
Description: | 37 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
Series Title: | Coretta Scott King Award: 2010 author. |
Responsibility: | Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie. |
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Abstract:
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. As a deputy U.S. Marshal and former slave who escaped to freedom in the Indian Territories, Bass was cunning and fearless. When a lawbreaker heard Bass Reeves had his warrant, he knew it was the end of the trail, because 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. For three decades, Bass was the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. He made more than 3,000 arrests, and though he was a crack shot and a quick draw, he only killed fourteen men in the line of duty.
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