• Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal Ваунда Мишо Нельсон
    ISBN: 0822567644
    Год издания: 2009
    Издательство: Carolrhoda Books
    Язык: Английский

    Sitting tall in the saddle, with a wide-brimmed black hat and twin Colt pistols on his belt, Bass Reeves seemed bigger than life. Outlaws feared him. As a deputy U.S. Marshal and former slave who escaped to freedom in the Indian Territories, Bass was cunning and fearless. When a lawbreaker heard Bass Reeves had his warrant, he knew it was the end of the trail, because 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. For three decades, Bass was the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. He made more than 3,000 arrests, and though he was a crack…

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