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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jim Beckwourth Jim Beckwourth Wyatt Blassingame Biography of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, Indian chief, trader, gold seeker, innkeeper, and rancher who discovered a pass in the Sierra Nevadas which bears his name. OL1398146W
The Black West The Black West William Loren Katz The American West: no period in our history has defined and shaped us more as a nation. Unique to the U.S., the Old West exerts a power on the American imagination that can still be seen in almost ev… OL1880557W
Black frontiersman Black frontiersman Henry Ossian Flipper Black Frontiersman is Flipper's autobiographical account of his service with the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in Texas and Oklahoma and his years as a civilian that followed - one of only a handful of such acc… OL1926006W
Hurry Freedom Hurry Freedom Jerry Stanley Recounts the history of African Americans in California during the Gold Rush while focusing on the life and work of Mifflin Gibbs. OL2752466W
The Conquest The Conquest Jayna J. Brown,Oscar Micheaux ***The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer***, portrays the aspirations and struggles of a black homesteader named Oscar Devereaux. Born on a small farm near Cairo, Illinois, one of thirteen child… OL3462389W
First Dawn (Book 1 Freedom's Path Series) First Dawn (Book 1 Freedom's Path Series) Judith McCoy-Miller,Judith Miller Lured by the promise of "real" freedom and a new town to call their own, sharecroppers Ezekial Harban and his three daughters leave behind remnants of slavery in the war-torn south and set off for Ni… OL476127W
James Beckwourth James Beckwourth Susan R. Gregson A biography profiling the life of James Beckwourth, an African American man whose sense of adventure led the way to westward expansion of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline. OL5815829W