Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal

Nelson, V. M. (2009).  Bad News for Outlaws:  The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves,         Deputy 

          U.S. Marshal.  Minneapolis, MN:  Carolrhoda Books. 

This is a true story about Bass Reeves, born a slave and became a lawman.  He was good with the gun and walked a straight line.  He was feared and respected.  He was a Deputy U.S. Marshal in the Indian Territory that would become the entire state of Oklahoma, about 74,000 miles. This might sound like a tall tale, but it isn’t.  This is one of those untold stories that was almost forgotten.