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The Old West is a series of books about the history of the American Old West era, published by Time-Life Books from 1973 through 1980. Each book focused on a different topic specific for the era, such as cowboys, American Indians, gamblers and gunfighters.
Broussard, Albert S. Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, Behind the Badge. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. online; Brown, Dee. The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968. Chung, Sue Fawn. In Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners and Merchants in the American West.
A Black cowboy from the early 1900s. Black cowboys in the American West accounted for up to an estimated 25% of cowboys "who went up the trail" from the 1860s to 1880s, estimated to be at least 5,000 individuals. [1] They were also part of the rest of the ranching industry in the West. [2] [3]
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. [1] Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century.
Jim and Gloria Austin opened the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum in 2001 to educate the community about the importance of the diverse history of Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous cowboys.
In 2017, Venerable started his series of children’s books call “Grandpa I Just Wanna be a Cowboy” that introduces young readers to notable Black figures from the Wild West like Bass Reeves ...
A dime Western is a modern term for Western-themed dime novels, which spanned the era of the 1860s–1900s.Most would hardly be recognizable as a modern western, having more in common with James Fennimore Cooper's Leatherstocking saga, but many of the standard elements originated here: a cool detached hero, a frontiersman (later a cowboy), a fragile heroine in danger of the despicable outlaw ...
Now in its 33rd year, the Bill Pickett Rodeo brings together the best black cowboys and cowgirls out there as well as rekindling the history and contributions African-Americans have made to the rodeo.