Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, On the Stage, Behind the Badge Edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles

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Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, On the Stage, Behind the Badge Edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. SearlesWho were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, riders, ropers, bulldoggers, and bronc busters. They came from varied backgroundssome grew up in slavery, while free blacks often got their start in Texas and Mexico. Most who joined the long trail drives were men, but black women also rode and worked on western ranches and farms. The first overview of the

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Between 1875 and his death in 1911

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certain timeless themes of Western fiction remain constant

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