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Author:

Burton, Arthur T.

Title:

Black gun, silver star : the life and legend of frontier marshal Bass Reeves / Art T. Burton.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xix, 346 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Reeves, Bass.
United States marshals--Indian Territory--Biography.
United States marshals--Oklahoma--Biography.
African Americans--Oklahoma--Biography.
African American police--Oklahoma--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Indian Territory.
Frontier and pioneer life--Oklahoma.
Outlaws--Indian Territory--History.
Outlaws--Oklahoma--History.
Indian Territory--Biography.
Oklahoma.--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-332) and index.

Contents:

The Lone Ranger and other stories -- Arkansas son -- Van Buren and Fort Smith -- On the trail -- "No Sunday west of St. Louis, no God west of Fort Smith" -- Gunman's territory -- Hell on the border -- Trial of the century -- Back on the trail -- The winds of change -- Land of the six-shooter -- Paris, Texas -- Northern District, Indian Territory -- Muskogee marshal -- A new century -- Devotion to duty -- The invincible marshal -- A lawman to the end.

Series:

Race and ethnicity in the American West

ISBN:

0803213387
9780803213388
9780803213388 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803213387 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62679781

LCCN:

2005032827

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)