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Author Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.

Title Bad news for outlaws [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal / Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2009]
©2009
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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
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.
Note Includes timeline, list of western vocabulary words, and articles on Judge Isaac C. Parker and the Indian territory that gained statehood as Oklahoma.
Awards 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.
Audience Ages 8-12.
Note Reading level: age 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
Study Program Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.2 0.5.
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Freed persons -- 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.
Reeves, Bass.
United States marshals -- Indian Territory -- Biography.
United States marshals -- Oklahoma -- Biography.
African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Biography.
Freed persons -- Oklahoma -- Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma.
Robbers and outlaws -- Indian Territory -- History.
Robbers and outlaws -- Oklahoma -- History.
Indian Territory -- Biography.
Oklahoma -- Biography.
Genre Picture books for children.
Electronic books.
Added Author Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
Other Form: Print version: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. Bad news for outlaws. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2009 9780822567646 (DLC) 2008001188 (OCoLC)191317772
ISBN 9780761357124 (electronic bk.)
0761357122 (electronic bk.)
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