Item #18324 The Negro Cowboys Tells the True History of African American Life in the American West, 1965. Negro Cowboys.
The Negro Cowboys Tells the True History of African American Life in the American West, 1965
The Negro Cowboys Tells the True History of African American Life in the American West, 1965

The Negro Cowboys Tells the True History of African American Life in the American West, 1965

First Edition

[Western Americana] The Negro Cowboys. Philip Durham and Everett L. Jones. Dodd, Mead and Company: New York, 1965. First edition. 278 pages, Hardcover Measures 6 x 8 inches. Original dust jacket shows a group of men on horseback, their faces obscured in shadow. The text begins, "Now they are forgotten, but once they rode all the trails, driving millions of cattle before them...They numbered thousands, among them many of the best riders, ropers and wranglers." The true history of the cowboy stands in stark contrast to the mythology of John Wayne that surrounds it. African Americans escaping slavery and limited opportunity sought out the vast expanse of the American west to build new lives. Published in 1965 amid race riots and the assassination of Malcolm X, this text made visible the invaluable contributions made by African American cowboys whose lives and contributions had been long buried. Cover clean and intact, very slightly creased. Textblock clean, tight and bright. Overall very good condition.

Item #18324

Price: $155.00

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