Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the Old West
- ISBN-10
- 0689802854
- ISBN-13
- 9780689802850
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
- Pages
- 80
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
- Author
- Lillian Schlissel
Description
Of the 38,000 cowboys who drove cattle in the Old West in the late 1800s, one in four was black. Black Frontiers chronicles the achievements of the brave men and women who settled the Western frontier from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the 20th century. Vintage photos give readers an up-close look at black homesteaders, cowboys, civil rights crusaders, and rodeo riders.
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Other editions
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- 2000-02
- 84 pages
- Paperback
- Simon and Schuster
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- 1995
- 80 pages
- Paperback
- Holiday House
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