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Burton, Arthur T.,

Black gun, silver star : the life and legend of frontier Marshal Bass Reeves / Art T. Burton. - New edition. - xix, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - Race and ethnicity in the American West . - Race and ethnicity in the American West. .

Originally published: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this new edition of the biography of Bass Reeves, who was formerly enslaved and then served as a peace officer in and around late nineteenth-century Indian Territory, Art Burton traces Reeves's presence in contemporary national media and in popular modern media.

ISBN: 9781496233424 1496233425

LCCN: 2022933145

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC2C2246 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020676686 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Reeves, Bass

Subjects--Topical Terms:
United States marshals--Indian Territory--Biography.
United States marshals--Oklahoma--Biography.
African Americans--Oklahoma--Biography.
African American police--Oklahoma--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Indian Territory.
Frontier and pioneer life--Oklahoma.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Indian Territory--Biography.
Oklahoma--Biography.