Reflections of a Black Cowboy: Mountain Men by Robert Miller

The exciting adventures of Black cowboys, pioneers, soldiers, and other frontiersmen join the celebrated folklore of the wild West in the Reflections of a Black Cowboy series. Through colorful, masterfully crafted vignettes that rival tall tales of the old frontier, author Robert H. Miller shares stories of important real life heroes—men and women whose bravery and adventurous spirits helped make the American West possible. Book 4, Mountain Men introduces: • Esteban, who came to America from Morocco as a slave, and was the first African to land in New Mexico and Arizona territory • Jean Baptiste Point duSable, Haitian born Frenchman who founded the city of Chicago • James Beckwourth, an African American who became Chief of the Crow Indians • George McJunkin, whose discovery of the Folsom Site in New Mexico proved Native Indians’ presence in North America dated back 10,000 Reading Level: Ages 9-12; Paperback: 64 Pages