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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ravage, John W., 1937-
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [1997], ©1997.
Subjects:
African American pioneers > West (U.S.) > History > Pictorial works.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Pictorial works.
West (U.S.) > History > Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:xxi, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.