01611cam a2200301 4500 551462812 TxAuBib 20171025120000.0 171025s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781511950022 1511950021 TxAuBib Landy-Kordis, Georgianne. Bass Reeves - Lawman : A screenplay / Georgianne Landy-Kordis. regular sized paperback. Oklahoma : Lilyheart Publishing (FIA/Films by Independent Artists, Inc.), 2015. 115 p. Raised a slave, fought in the Civil War with the Confederates to finally becoming one of the first African Americans appointed by Judge Isaac Parker to the position of U.S. Deputy Marshal. He was one of Parker's most valued deputies hired to tame the Indian Territory of the 1800's and one of the greatest lawmen of the Western frontier. Not only was Reeves accused and tried for murder but he had to arrest his own son to face murder charges for killing his wife. Reeves is accredited to arresting 3,000 felons and killing 14 in self defense. He, himself was never wounded. (from back cover.) 20171025. Reeves, Bass Fiction. Screenplays. Oklahoma authors Fiction. United States marshals Indian Territory Biography Fiction. United States marshals Fiction. African Americans Indian Territory Biography Fiction. Historical fiction. Indian Territory Fiction.