Bad news for outlaws
Subtitle: the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal
By: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie
Contributors: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822567646
Subjects: Freedmen; Frontier and pioneer life; United States marshals; African Americans; Outlaws; Juvenile literature; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: 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.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ages 8-12.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.2 0.5

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.