Reflections of a Black Cowboy: Cowboys

by Robert H. Miller

Book Overview

Will the Real West Please Stand Up? The exciting adventures of Black cowboys, pioneers, soldiers, and other frontiersmen join the celebrated folklore of the wild West in the Reflections of a Black Cowboy series. Through colorful, masterfully shares stories of important real life heroes-men and women whose bravery and adventurous spirits helped make the American West possible. Cowboys introduces figures such as Nat Love, a freed slave-turned teenage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094097570X
• ISBN13: 9780940975705
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Sankofa Books
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Kirkus Review up above is incorrect

This is book #4, not book #3. The format is the same - an old black cowboy is telling stories to his old dog about Blacks in the early history of the United States - a long-ignored area of history. This series sheds some much-needed light and avoids being preachy. The information is solid and written in an active style - aimed at and just about perfect for 6-9th grade boys. It is written in a historical fiction style, rather than a biographical style. The average story is about 20 pages long. Each story has a picture. Book #4 features Mountain Men: -'Esteban and the Seven Cities of Gold' -Jean Baptiste Du Sable: Founder of Chicago -Jim Beckwourth: Mountain Man and Indian Chief -George McJunkin: Scholar and Cowboy