Bass Reeves was a runaway slave ... Freeman said, Thompson decided he wanted to rectify this situation. The first book of the trilogy was Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves, which chronicles ...

He died 3 years later after falling ill Most of what we know about Reeves' life comes from the 2008 book "Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves" by Art T.

Bass Reeves used to be the kind of deep-cut Wild West hero known only to American history professors and people who own complete sets of Time-Life books. A fascinating figure, Reeves was enslaved ...

is adapted from the first two books in author Sidney Thompson’s Bass Reeves trilogy, and stars David Oyelowo as the titular deputy US Marshal, the first Black man to serve in that position west ...

You won't find John Dutton III or any of his ancestors in a history book, but you will find Bass Reeves, aka the man who inspired The Lone Ranger. His story is the stuff of American legend ...

there were no westerns written for a Black audience It was not until the 2006 book, "Black Gun, SIlver Star," By Art Burton that the history of Bass Reeves came to light, and a lot of folklore fell by ...

While the general setting — the American frontier at the end of the 19th century — is intersects with the start of the Dutton family saga, Lawmen: Bass Reeves‘ story predates 1883 and is not ...

Lauren Smith/Paramount+ Isis Mussenden did extensive research in designing the costumes for “Bass Reeves.” Her most valuable resource was a Time Warner book series about farmers, pioneer women ...

Last episode of Lawmen: Bass Reeves saw Bass confronted with a horrifying reality: Esau Pierce, the man who killed young Curtis back in May 1865 is not only now a Texas Ranger, but may very well ...

Paramount+ has released the official trailer for Lawmen: Bass Reeves, which is set to premiere ... went home and scoured the internet, read books and listened to podcasts,” Feehan continued.