- 432 pages
- English
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In The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as the "most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country." That Reeves was also an African American who had spent his early life enslaved in Arkansas and Texas made his accomplishments all the more remarkable. Black Gun, Silver Star sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late nineteenth-century America—and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Bucking the odds ("I'm sorry, we didn't keep Black people's history, " a clerk at one of Oklahoma's local historical societies answered one query), Art T. Burton traces Reeves from his days of slavery to his Civil War soldiering to his career as a deputy U.S. marshal out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, when he worked under "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker. Fluent in Creek and other regional Native languages, physically powerful, skilled with firearms, and a master of disguise, Reeves was exceptionally adept at apprehending fugitives and outlaws and his exploits were legendary in Oklahoma and Arkansas. In this new edition Burton traces Reeves's presence in the national media of his day as well as his growing modern presence in popular media such as television, movies, comics, and video games.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Uncovering the History of Black Deputy U.S. Marshals
- 1. The Lone Ranger and Other Stories
- 2. Arkansas Son
- 3. Van Buren and Fort Smith
- 4. On the Trail
- 5. “No Sunday West of St. Louis, No God West of Fort Smith”
- 6. Gunman's Territory
- 7. Hell on the Border
- 8. Trial of the Century
- 9. Back on the Trail
- 10. The Winds of Change
- 11. Land of the Six-Shooter
- 12. Paris, Texas
- 13. Northern District, Indian Territory
- 14. Muskogee Marshal
- 15. A New Century
- 16. Devotion to Duty
- 17. The Invincible Marshal
- 18. A Lawman to the End
- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index