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Negroes in the early West

Title: Negroes in the early West, by Olive W. Burt. Illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund.
Author: Burt, Olive Woolley, 1894-1981.
Publication: New York, Messner [1969]

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Description

96 p. illus.; 22 cm.

Summary

Brief biographies of thirteen Negro men and two women who were among the first explorers, trappers, soldiers, businessmen, cowboys, and settlers in the "early West."

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 91-92.

Contents

Explorers: Estevanico -- York -- Jacob Dodson. Mountain men: James P. Beckwourth -- Edward Rose. Founders of cities: Jean Pointe de Sable -- George W. Bush -- Benjamin "Pap" Singleton. Businessmen: William Alexander Leidesdorff -- Hiram Young. Soldiers: Henry Johnson -- Emanuel Stance -- Clifton Greavfers. Cowboys: Bose Ikard. Women: Mammy Pleasant -- Mary Fields.

Call Number

Sc D 00-2882

ISBN

0671321455

LCCN

74081390

OCLC

29302

Author

Burt, Olive Woolley, 1894-1981.

Title

Negroes in the early West, by Olive W. Burt. Illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund.

Imprint

New York, Messner [1969]

Bibliography

Bibliography: p. 91-92.

Added Author

Bjorklund, Lorence F. Illustrator

Schomburg Children's Collection.

Research Call Number

Sc D 00-2882

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