Young Bass Reeves

A fast-moving, action-packed western, based on the true-life of Bass Reeves. A man who rose from slavery and escaped into Indian Territory, during the Civil War, to become the most feared lawman of his times. He served for over thirty years and brought more than three thousand violent men to justice before the famous Hanging Judge Issac Parker in Fort Smith Arkansas. His amazing story is full of adventure and courage. His place in history has been for to long-neglected because he was black. The newly released movie HELL ON THE BORDER is based on the stories in this book.

A fast-moving, action-packed western, based on the true-life of Bass Reeves. A man who rose from slavery and escaped into Indian Territory, during the Civil War, to become the most feared lawman of his times. He served for over thirty years and brought more than three thousand violent men to justice before the famous Hanging Judge Issac Parker in Fort Smith Arkansas. His amazing story is full of adventure and courage. His place in history has been for to long-neglected because he was black. The movie HELL ON THE BORDER is based on the stories in this book.

Fred Staff author of ROCHA'S TREASURE OF POTOSI, the number one best seller in its category in Bolivia, was born in Seminole and raised in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma and has taught history for over twenty years. His love of history has compelled him to write stories of people who have had great impact on their history and times, bu t have been neglected as to their importance. His life experiences has included being a member of Central's National Championship Football team, State Director of Rural Economic Development and State Director of Migrant and Farm Worker programs for the state of Florida. His love of the old west, experience in the cattle business , being raised in Oklahoma and travels has given him a broad prospective of the world and the great stories that have yet been explored.