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Issue: Black Heroes of the Wild West #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2020
 
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Publisher: FlagRAW Junior
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Indicia Publisher: TOON Books
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Pages: 60
ISBN: 9781943145515
UPC/EAN: 978194314551551695
Price: $16.95 USD
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Content Items: 17 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
historical, western
Stagecoach Mary; Bass Reeves; Bob Lemmons
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African American Cowboys with Their Mounts Saddled Up, Posed in Connection with a Fair in Bonham, Texas

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Photograph of black cowboys circa 1911-1915 used as endpapers. From the Erwin E. Smith Collection of the Library of Congress, courtesy of the Am on Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Six undated unlabeled black and white historical photographs depicting black cowboys of the late 19th and/or early 20th Century. Page filler facing the title page.
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (logo); typeset
Subject Matter
Stagecoach Mary; Bass Reeves; Bob Lemmons
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For a New American History

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
When I was fifteen, my mother took me to the Los Angeles Coliseum to see Nelson Mandela speak.
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Essay on the place of African Americans in the Old West illustrated with two paintings by the author, one by Remington, and a Remington wood engraving.
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Publisher boilerplate and book credits.
Chapter One: Mary Fields

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Photograph of Mary Fields
Chapter One: Mary Fields

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
biography, historical, western
Mary Fields
We meet our first hero in 1898, driving a Star Route mail coach in a remote area of Montana.
Biography of Mary Fields, a.k.a. Black Mary, a.k.a. White Crow, a.k.a. Stagecoach Mary. A former slave who moved west and gained fame and respect. She was the second woman and first African American to drive a Star Route stagecoach.
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Collage

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Six undated unlabeled black and white historical photographs depicting black cowboys of the late 19th and/or early 20th Century. Page filler facing the title page.
Collage

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Eight undated unlabeled black and white historical photographs depicting black cowboys of the late 19th and/or early 20th Century. Page filler facing the chapter title page.
Chapter Two: Bass Reeves

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Photograph of Bass Reeves
Chapter Two: Bass Reeves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
biography, historical, western
Bass Reeves
In Arkansas, our second hero was a legend in his own time.
Bass Reeves was the first black Deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi. He brought in thousands of outlaws, and may have been an inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
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Chapter Three: Bob Lemmons

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Photograph of Bob Lemmons
Chapter Three: Bob Lemmons

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Subject Matter
biography, historical, western
Bob Lemmons
Now we meet a mustache --
Biography of Bob Lemmons, a black cowboy who lived to be 99 and who was renowned for his ability to capture herds of wild mustang.
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About the Authors

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Subject Matter
non-fiction
James Otis Smith is a writer and artist living in Brooklyn.
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Who Were the Real Cowboys?

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Background information on cowboys, the American "Wild West", African Americans in the American West, and Mexican and Native American cultures and their relations with African Americans of the time, supplemented with historical photographs and illustrations.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Exploring American history and finding diversity at its roots!
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Back cover. Summary of the books content with a sample page from the interior.

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