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Black frontiers : a history of African American heroes in the Old West / by Lillian Schlissel

Catalog Data

Author:
Schlissel, Lillian  Search this
Physical description:
80 p. : ill. ; 22 x 26 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Biography
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
1995
C1995
Contents:
Mountain men, trappers, and guides -- Jim Beckwourth -- Leaving the South -- Black homesteaders -- The Exodusters -- A Cowboy's life -- The Adventures of Nat Love -- Bill Pickett and the Black Rodeo -- Ned Huddleston, alias Isom Dart, alias the Black Fox -- The Dime novel -- Barney Ford, businessman -- The Buffalo soldiers -- Mary Fields, "Stagecoach Mary" -- Mary Ellen Pleasant -- Biddy Mason -- Black Indians
Summary:
Focuses on the experiences of blacks as mountain men, soldiers, homesteaders, and scouts on the frontiers of the American West.
Topic:
African American pioneers--History  Search this
African American pioneers  Search this
African American trappers--History  Search this
African American trappers  Search this
African American cowboys--History  Search this
African American cowboys  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Cowboys  Search this
African American soldiers  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1010665