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Bones Hooks : pioneer Negro cowboy
- Title
- Bones Hooks : pioneer Negro cowboy / by Bruce G. Todd.
- Author
- Todd, Bruce G.
- Publication
- Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub. Co., 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F392.P3 T63 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 221 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm
- Summary
- Bruce Todd chronicles the life of Matthew 'Bones' Hooks, who broke down racial barriers as one of the first black cowboys to work with whites as a ranch hand, and who used his uncommon charm to gain the support of the wealthy to provide resources for the poor. Born in northeast Texas in 1867, Matthew "Bones" Hooks was a true pioneer who not only built a town, schools, and churches, but also broke down racial barriers as one of the first black cowboys to work alongside whites as a ranch hand. His is the seldom-heard story of how blacks pioneered the American West.
- Subject
- Hooks, Bones, 1867-1951
- Hooks, Bones, 1867-1951
- African American cowboys > Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.) > Biography
- Cowboys > Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.) > Biography
- African American pioneers > Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.) > Biography
- Frontier and pioneer life > Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.)
- Ranch life > Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.)
- African Americans > Texas, West > Biography
- African American cowboys
- African American pioneers
- African Americans
- Cowboys
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Ranch life
- Cowboy
- Pecos River Valley (N.M. and Tex.) > Biography
- West Texas
- United States > Pecos River Valley
- Pecos-River-Tal
- Schwarze
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-210) and index.
- Contents
- The early years -- The Pecos and the panhandle: the pioneer years -- Bones Hooks and race relations in the pioneer days -- Personal and cultural transformation -- A Negro town out on the prairie: the North Heights story -- The man of the people and the unofficial mayor of the Heights -- The last Negro cowboy of the plains -- Down the last trail.
- ISBN
- 1589802942
- 9781589802940
- LCCN
- 2004027736
- 9781589802940
- OCLC
- ocm57201876
- 57201876
- SCSB-1521572
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library