Black Frontiers: A History Of African American Heroes In The Old West - Hardcover

Schlissel, Lillian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689802854 ISBN 13: 9780689802850

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

A photoessay examines of the role of African-Americans in the settling of the Western frontier during the late 1800s, from the homesteaders and cowboys to the civil rights crusaders and rodeo riders of the period.

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From Booklist

Gr. 3^-6. Schlissel describes the experiences of some African Americans who helped settle the American West. She focuses on mountain men, homesteaders, soldiers, cowboys, and scouts, explaining their contributions to the taming of the frontier. Her subjects range from familiar heroes (Jim Beckwourth, Nat Love, and Bill Pickett) and businesspeople (Barney Ford, Mary Ellen Pleasant, and Biddy Mason) to infamous eccentrics (Stagecoach Mary and Isom Dart). She also includes an excerpt from a dime novel, Arizona Joe, that features a leading black character, Ebony Star. Good-quality period photos and black-and-white reproductions appear on nearly every page, adding human interest and realism to the text. An excellent addition to black history or westward movement units, this can be paired with Daniel Chu's Going Home to Nicodemus , the story of one African American frontier town. Kay Weisman

From School Library Journal

Grade 5 Up?The subtitle of this book is the key to its content?not the title. Schlissel presents biographies of several black settlers, as well as more general chapters such as "Black Homesteaders," "The Dime Novel," and "The Buffalo Soldiers." The text, though not extensive, is informative and well written. Even though most of the persons mentioned are given attention in other books, the collecting of them under one cover makes this title appealing to most libraries. Black-and-white photos and reproductions, some clearer than others, appear on almost every page.?George Gleason, Department of English, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0689802854
• ISBN 13: 9780689802850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80