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Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal  Cover Image Book Book

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

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 West.
This 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780545342551
  • ISBN: 0545342554
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Inc., ©2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.2 0.5.
Awards Note:
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.
Subject: Reeves, Bass > Juvenile literature.
United States marshals > Indian Territory > Biography > Juvenile literature.
United States marshals > Oklahoma > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Oklahoma > Biography > Juvenile literature > African Americans.
Freedmen > Oklahoma > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life > Oklahoma > Juvenile literature.
Outlaws > Indian Territory > History > Juvenile literature.
Outlaws > Oklahoma > History > Juvenile literature.
Indian Territory > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Oklahoma > Biography > Juvenile literature.

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