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Nat Love [a] (June 14, 1854 – February 11, 1921) was an American cowboy and writer active in the period following the Civil War. His reported exploits have made him one of the more famous heroes of the Old West .
Nat Love (1854–1921), an African-American cowboy and former slave. After the Reconstruction of the South after the American Civil War, freed slaves were still denied land ownership and other rights in many states, and about 20,000 Exodusters headed west to Kansas between 1879 and 1884, with smaller migrations to other Western states.
[1] and the School Library Journal wrote "Exciting and picturesque, Nat Love's life makes for a great graphic novel." [ 1 ] Best Shot in the West has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine , [ 2 ] Library Media Connection , [ 3 ] Voice of Youth Advocates , [ 4 ] Publishers Weekly , [ 5 ] Kirkus Reviews , [ 6 ] and the Tennessee Tribune .
Black Hat Jack: The True Life Adventures of Deadwood Dick as told by His Ownself is a novella written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. [1] [2] It tells the story about African-American cowboy Nat Love, also known as "Deadwood Dick" and his friend Black Hat Jack.
The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones (2008): This novel was inspired by the famous "dime novels" about "Deadwood Dick" written by Edward L. Wheeler and the autobiography of African American cowboy Nat Love, whom Wheeler loosely based his stories on. Prometheus Jones runs afoul of two rednecks who refuse to let a black man, even a born ...
The New York City Federation of Black Cowboys (FBC) is an organization dedicated to horsemanship training, children's education, and keeping alive the traditions of African-American cowboys from the Old West. [1] [2] [3] It is located in The Hole, a low-lying neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Nat Love (1854–1921), an African-American cowboy; Dick Brown, an actor; Richard Cole, a stage coach driver; Richard Clarke, also an actor; the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce asked him in 1927 to portray Deadwood Dick in the city's annual Days of '76 Parade. Clarke's work was managed by publicity man Bert Bell.
He was the first African American cowboy to win a world championship in professional rodeo in 1982 and was inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum’s Hall of Fame in 2003 ...