Black Frontiers: A History Of African American Heroes In The Old West Cover:Paperback This is a book to

This is a book to share at home or in the classroom

Age Range:   9 - 12

But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs

she's determined to try something that maybe she can succeed at: a writing career

From shells protecting seeds (like Marcus's helmet protects his head

Black Frontiers: A History Of African American Heroes In The Old West Cover:Paperback This is a book toMeet the black men and women who settled the Old West in this striking nonfiction middle grade book. From 1865 to the early 1900s, brave black people headed west in search of a new life on their own and with their families. Scouts and mountain men explored the unfamiliar terrain, miners panned for gold, and families homesteaded on the Great Plains. Black people were soldiers, business owners, and cowboys. These true stories from history are