Full name: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal

Author: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Non Fiction, Biographies, Picture books, History, Historical fiction, Western Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780822567646 0822567644

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. Bad News for Outlaws reveals the story of a remarkable African American hero of the Old West. Similar books: The Book Itch by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Schomburg by Carole Boston Weatherford Fifty Cents and a Dream by Jabari Asim On Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles Muhammad Ali by Gene Barretta Talkin' About Bessie by Nikki Grimes Jazz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange Portraits of African-American Heroes by Tonya Bolden Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson A Splash of Red by Jen Bryant The Real McCoy by Wendy Towle The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell Malcolm X by Manning Marable Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris The House That Jane Built by Tanya Lee Stone Around America to Win the Vote by Mara Rockliff