Bibliograph

Bad news for outlaws, the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie

Type

Label

Bad news for outlaws, the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8-12

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bad news for outlaws

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

704413606

Responsibility statement

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie

Series statement

Coretta Scott King Award: 2010 author

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning, MG, 5.2, 0.5.Reading Counts!, 5.6.Reading Counts RC, 3-5, 5.6, 3.0, 47561.Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.2, 0.5, 131426.

Sub title

the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal

Summary

Outlaws feared him. Law-abiding citizens respected him. 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. The true story of former slave Bass Reeves, is the story of a remarkable African American hero of the Old WestThis biography profiles the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who was recruited as a deputy United States Marshal in the area that was to become Oklahoma

Table Of Contents

Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Info -- Western Words -- Timeline/Further Reading And Websites -- More About Judge Isaac C. Parker/More About Indian Territory -- About The Research/Selected Bibliography -- Author's Note Finding Bass -- Back Flap -- Back Cover

Target audience

juvenile

Classification