The adventurous deeds of Deadwood Jones
By: Helen Hemphill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Front Street
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Asheville, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781590786376
Subjects: Race relations; Cattle drives; Cowboys; Cousins; History; African Americans; Fiction
Description: Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes his father lives, and they find adventure and face challenges as African Americans in a land still recovering from the Civil War.
Table of contents: title: Some devilment send me packing; title: Fate steps in on the way to Texas; title: A curious cowboy gives me some news; title: We ride in Nebraska; title: Me and good eye go for a swim; title: I make a pact with Rio, then spay my first Indian; title: Pawnee come calling; title: The herd takes a run; title: Good eye travels the crossroads; title: We reach Ogallala; title: The Pawnee works some magic; title: Soldiers hunt for Rio; title: Beck's temper shows itself; title: We head west to Sidney; title: Nack tells a story, and Beck plays a trick; title: The North Platte betrays us; title: We say good-bye to a cowboy; title: We travel on to Buffalo gap; title: We make a run for Deadwood; title: The past catches up with me; title: I win a nickname; title: I am put on trial; title: News comes from Texas; title: I go home.