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Black people who made the Old West / by William Loren Katz. Illustrated with photographs.
LIBRA - Rare E185.925 .K38 1977 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katz, William Loren.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American pioneers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American pioneers.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Juvenile literature.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- West (U.S.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans--Biography.
- West (U.S.)--Biography.
- Race relations.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 181 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Y. Crowell, 1977.
- Contents:
- Explorers of a New Continent. Estevanico-He opened up the Southwest. Du Sable-The First settler of Chicago. York-Explorer of the Louisiana Territory with Lewis and Clark. Garcia-Life among the Florida Seminoles
- The Fur Traders. James Beckwourth-Crow chief and fur trapper. George Bonga-Enterprising Voyageur in Minnesota
- The Early Settlers. Lucy Terry Prince-Crusader in Colonial New England. William Goings and Greenbury Logan-Patriots of the Lone Star Republic. John Jones-Prosperous fighter for Equal Rights. Edmonia Lewis-From Chippewa Nation to famed sculptor. Dred Scott-The slave whose case moved a nation. George Washington-Founder of Centralia, Washington. George Washington Bush-Cutting color lines in the far West. William Leidesdorff-Public-minded San Franciscan. Robert T. Hickman-Fleeing west to freedom. Mary Fields-"Stagecoach Mary"
- Rushing for Gold. Biddy Mason-Fighting for freedom in California. Mifflin W. Gibbs-Active crusader for black equality. Clara Brown-Leading citizen of Central City, Colorado. Barney Ford and Henry O. Wagoner-Gold seekers, businessmen, and civil rights fighters
- Wild, Bad, and Good Cowpunchers. Bose Ikard-Faithful cowhand on the Goodnight-Loving Trail. Deadwood Dick (Nat Love)-Wild man of the Old West. Ben Hodges-He made Dodge City a little trickier. Cherokee Bill-The worst man in the West. Isom Dart-He tried mightily to go straight. Bill Picket-The greatest cowboy of the day
- Lawmen, Soldiers, and Shapers of the Frontier. Bass Reeves-Bringing law and order to Oklahoma. Pompey Factor-The Seminole Negro scouts of the U.S. Army. Henry Adams-Leading the oppressed to Kansas and points west. Henry O. Flipper and Charles Young-The Black military service in the West. Edwin P. McCabe-Shaping a black dream in Oklahoma. Sutton E. Griggs-A Black son of Texas lifts his pen.
- Notes:
- "This book is an adaptation of the author's earlier book 'The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History' (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover edition, 1971; Anchor Press Revised Edition, 1973.)"
- "Jacket design by Amy Hill."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy has advertising sheet from Black American West Museum laid in.
- ISBN:
- 9780690012538
- 0690012535
- OCLC:
- 2091494
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