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Black pioneers : images of the Black experience on the North American frontier / John W. Ravage.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c1997.Description: xxi, 224 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0874805465 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E185.925 .R38 1997
Contents:
Introduction: moving westward and northward -- Early imagery -- Black Westerners in White mythology -- Warriors and soldiers -- Cowhands and ranch hands -- Women of the west -- The adventurers -- To the coast -- Plains states: Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska -- Desert and mountains: Arizona, Utah, Nevada -- Points north: Alaska, the Pacific northwest -- "Haole 'Ele 'Ele" in Owhyhee -- Follow the drinkin' gourd -- The Utendale/Shaw/Boyd trek north.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks E185.925.R38 1997 1 Available 33710000778519

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-217) and index.

WAR, NEWBERY,

Introduction: moving westward and northward -- Early imagery -- Black Westerners in White mythology -- Warriors and soldiers -- Cowhands and ranch hands -- Women of the west -- The adventurers -- To the coast -- Plains states: Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska -- Desert and mountains: Arizona, Utah, Nevada -- Points north: Alaska, the Pacific northwest -- "Haole 'Ele 'Ele" in Owhyhee -- Follow the drinkin' gourd -- The Utendale/Shaw/Boyd trek north.