Bad news for outlaws :

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.

Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal / Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie. - Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2009. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Retells the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who became a deputy U.S. Marshal in the Indian Territory and was exceptional at tracking down fugitives and bringing them to justice.

860 Lexile. Ages 8-12.



A Junior Library Guild selection Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2010.

9780822567646 (lib. bdg.) : $17.95 0822567644 (lib. bdg.) : $17.95

1299467 QBI Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

2008001188


Reeves, Bass.


United States marshals--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Oklahoma.


Indian Territory--Biography.
Oklahoma--Biography.

F697.R44 / N45 2009

363.28/2/092 B