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Podcast: Story Time with Avant-garde Books, LLC
Episode: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves Deputy US Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Description: Sitting tall in the saddle, with a wide-brimmed black hat and twin Colt pistols on his belt, Bass Reeves seemed bigger than life. Outlaws feared him. Law-abiding citizens respected him. As a peace officer, he was cunning and fearless. When a lawbreaker heard Bass Reeves had his warrant, he knew it was the end of the trail, because Bass always got his man, dead or alive. He achieved all this in spite of whites who didn't like the notion of a Black lawman.
Born into slavery in 1838, Bass had a hard and violent life, but he also...