Reflections of a Black Cowboy: Mountain Men by Robert H. Miller

By Robert H. Miller

The interesting adventures of Black cowboys, pioneers, squaddies, and different frontiersmen subscribe to the distinguished folklore of the wild West within the Reflections of a Black Cowboy sequence. via colourful, masterfully crafted vignettes that rival tall stories of the outdated frontier, writer Robert H. Miller stocks tales of significant genuine existence heroes - women and men whose bravery and adventurous spirits helped make the yankee West attainable. Mountain males spotlights Esteban, who got here to the US from Morocco as a slave and used to be the 1st African to land in New Mexico and Arizona territory; Jean Baptiste element duSable, founding father of the town of Chicago; James Beckwourth, who came upon a shorter course (which bares his identify) over the mountains to California; George McJunkin, whose become aware of of the Folsom web site in New Mexico proved local americans presence in North the United States dated again 10,000 years.

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