Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
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Bad News for Outlaws
- By: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- Narrator: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- Length: 26 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: November 25, 2011
- Language: English
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4.05(3308 ratings)
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson received the Coretta Scott King Award for her children’s book Almost to Freedom. Here she relays the extraordinary story of Bass Reeves, a lawman in the Old West who escaped slavery to become one of the most successful U.S. Marshals in history. “Here, children can saddle up with a genuine Western hero in a narrative that hits the bull’s-eye.”-Kirkus Reviews
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- By: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- Length: 1 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 24, 2019
- Language: English
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4.07(254 ratings)
“Nelson plaits her narrative with Western lingo and homespun similes. . . . James’ painterly oils swirl with energy, visible daubs creating the dusty, monumental landscape and equally monumental horses and humans. . . . A champion indeed.” -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The true tale of a cowboy’s epic rodeo ride from acclaimed author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Caldecott Honoree Gordon C. James. In 1911, three men were in the final round of the famed Pendleton Round-Up. One was white, one was Indian, and one was black. When the judges declared the white man the winner, the audience was outraged. They named black cowboy George Fletcher the “people’s champion” and took up a collection, ultimately giving Fletcher far more than the value of the prize that went to the official winner. Award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson tells the story of Fletcher’s unlikely triumph with a western flair that will delight kids-and adults-who love true stories, unlikely heroes, and cowboy tales.
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