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Reflections of a Black Cowboy: Pioneers
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About Reflections Of A Black Cowboy: Pioneers
Product Description The exciting adventures of Black cowboys, pioneers, soldiers, and other frontiersmen join the celebrated folklore of the wild West in the Reflections of a Black Cowboy series. Through colorful, masterfully crafted vignettes that rival tall tales of the old frontier, author Robert H. Miller shares stories of important real life heroes - men and women whose bravery and adventurous spirits helped make the American West possible. Pioneers introduces York, a childhood friend of famed explorer William Clark, who accompanied Clark on the legendary Lewis and Clark expedition; Ed "Cut Nose" Rose, hunter and fur trapper who helped build the fortune of one of America's first millionaires; Alvin Coffey, a gold miner whose hard work out West earned his freedom; and Biddy Mason, a female sheep herder who walked from Mississippi to California behind 300 ox-drawn wagons, and after suing for her freedom. became one of California's most wealthy and respected entrepreneurs. About the Author When Robert Miller was a boy growing up in Portland, Oregon, his mother would tell him and his brother about their great-great uncles, Ed and Joe Cloud, who were Black cowboys. But they never saw Black cowboys in movies or on popular television shows. Rober's four-book series, Reflections of a Black Cowboy tells the story about Black Americans who played important roles in helping to open the American West. Miller is assistant professor of religion at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. An M.A. graduate of the University of Washington, D.C., and a Phd graduate of Temple, he lives in southern New Jersey. Dr. Miller is considered one of the foremost authorities on the Black presence in the West.
