Black Cowboys Of Texas.

MASSEY, SARA R. [EDITED BY].

Publication: Texas A & M University Press, 2000, College Station

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, brown front and rear endpapers, xix [1], 361 pp., preface, introduction, illustrated, conclusion, list of contributors, bibliography, index. Book is divided into three parts, The Early Cowboys, Cowboys of the Cattle Drives, and Twentieth-Century Cowboys. Introduction by Alwyn Barr. Twenty-five writers recount tales of African-American cowboys and their contribution to the cattle industry. Drawing upon archival records, interviews, writings, and other primary sources, the book chronicles their work as ranch hands, cattle drivers, horsemen, bronc busters and ranchers, while also documenting the discrimination they encountered. Among those profiled are Bose Ikard, Peter Martin and Black Seminole horsewoman Johanna July. Fine in fine dust jacket.