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The Legend of Bass Reeves Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

Cowboy stories and movies about the Crazy Western world are filled with amazing characters. However many of the lawmen we think about as heroes had been not – some had been violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. Among all of the lawmen of the frontier, one guy sticks out as a true hero: Bass Reeves. In his day, Bass Reeves was the many successful federal marshal in america. Accurate to the mythical code of the Western world, he hardly ever drew his weapon first. He curved up a huge selection of outlaws and was shot at countless times but was hardly ever hit. Bass Reeves was created into slavery. And though the laws of his nation enslaved him and his mom, when he became a free man he served regulations with such courage and honor that he was known and reputed all over the Indian Place. Gary Paulsen’s dramatic accounts of the life of Bass Reeves, through tales both true and imagined, makes him come alive as a youngster and a man. Listeners will truly realize why he became a tale.