Purchase
BLACK HEROES OF THE WILD WEST
By: James Otis Smith
featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves, and Bob Lemmons: A TOON Graphic
TOON Graphics
October 2020
On Sale: September 29, 2020
Featuring: Mary Fields; Bass Reeves; Bob Lemmons
60 pages
ISBN: 1943145520
EAN: 9781943145522
Paperback
Add to Wish List
Multicultural Young Adult | Graphic Novel | Historical
This graphic novel by JAMES OTIS SMITH celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black heroes who took control of their destinies and stood up for their communities in the Old West. Born into slavery in Tennessee, Mary Fields became famous as “Stagecoach Mary,” a cigar-chomping, cardplaying coach driver who never missed a delivery. Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi, was one of the wiliest lawmen in the territories, bringing thousands of outlaws to justice with his smarts. Bob Lemmons lived to be 99 years old and was so good with horses that the wild mustangs on the plains of Texas took him for one of their own.
| 
© 2003-2026