Born a slave, Bass Reeves became the first African American Deputy US Marshal in the old west.


Author: Joel Christian Gill
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum
Published: 10/28/2014
Series: Tales of the Talented Tenth
Pages: 128
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781938486630
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/13/2014
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 155

About the Author
Joel Christian Gill is the inaugural chair of Boston University's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Narrative and associate professor in the CFA School of Visual Arts. He is also a cartoonist and historian who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories. He is the author of the acclaimed memoir Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence, cited as one of the best graphic novels of 2020 by the New York Times and for which he was awarded the 2021 Cartoonist Studio Prize. He wrote and illustrated Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield's First Ride and the award-winning graphic novel series Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, as well as three volumes of Tales of The Talented Tenth, which tell the stories of Bass Reeves, Bessie Stringfield, and Robert Smalls. He has just completed the graphic novel of Ibram Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, forthcoming in June 2023. Gill has dedicated his life to creating stories to build connections with readers through empathy, compassion, and, ultimately, humanity.