Black cowboy, wild horses : a true story / by Julius Lester ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Dial Books, 1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: [40] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cmISBN:- 0803717873 (trade)
- 0803717881 (lib)
- [E] 21
- PZ7.L5629 Man 1998
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Lester, Julius | Available | 33111004040073 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Bob Lemmons is famous for his ability to track wild horses. He rides his horse, Warrior, picks up the trail of mustangs, then runs with them day and night until they accept his presence. Bob and Warrior must then challenge the stallion for leadership of the wild herd. A victorious Bob leads the mustangs across the wide plains and for one last spectacular run before guiding them into the corral. Bob's job is done, but he dreams of galloping with Warrior forever to where the sky and land meet.
This splendid collaboration by an award-winning team captures the beauty and harshness of the frontier, a boundless arena for the struggle between freedom and survival. Based on accounts of Bob Lemmons, a former slave, Black Cowboy, Wild Horses has been rewritten as a picture book by Julius Lester from his story "The Man Who Was a Horse" in Long Journey Home , first published by Dial in 1972.
A black cowboy is so in tune with wild mustangs that they accept him into the herd, thus enabling him singlehandedly to take them to the corral.