The Legend of Bass Reeves, (Paperback)

from okeanotiszois

Bass Reeves was born in 1838 and is thought to be one of the first African-Americans to be comissioned as a Deputy US Marshal. For the first 17 years of his life, he was a slave "owned" by his master George Reeves (as far as I know, no relation to the George Reeves of Superman fame), a farmer. Ju...

from mscoopsyalist

What makes a hero in the Old West? Hollywood and dime story novels made legends of many of the wrong people and have overlooked one of the bravest men this country has known. That man was a former slave named Bass Reeves. Reeves was born into slavery but became one of the greatest lawmen in the O...

from oapostrophe

An amazing story of a boy raised in slavery who escaped and lived with Indians in Indian territory eventually becoming one of the finest Texas Rangers. He was strong, honest, true, and a real American hero. Gary Paulsen works his magic depicting the horrors of slavery and the brutality of life fo...

from avcr

As a twelve year of boy, Bass lived on a homestead 20 miles west of Paris Texas with his Mammy, Flowers (an older black servant who had been beaten so much he no longer spoke) and his drunken Mister, who used to be a ranger. A forced poker game gone wrong sends Bass running, never to return. Inte...

from Catnelson

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.