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The Life and Adventures of Nat Love (American Negro, His History and Literature) (Hardcover)

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Love, better known as "Deadwood Dick," was one of the most famous African American cowboys. Published in 1907, Love's memoir covers his childhood as a slave through emancipation and his later life as a cowpuncher, Indian fighter, and, eventually, a railroad conductor.
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"The Life and Adventures of Nat Love is a tale of three lives-a slave boy, a cowboy, and a porter-woven together by the kind of hyperbole that any lover of good storytelling ought to appreciate. In both content and effect it is a quintessential American tale."-Brackette F. Williams (Brackette F. Williams ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Publisher: Beaufort Books (June 1968)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0405018274
ISBN-13: 978-0405018275
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy read., August 9, 2007

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This review is from: The Life and Adventures of Nat Love (Blacks in the American West) (Paperback)

The Life and Adventures of Nat Love is the narrative of a former slave who went west first to become a cowboy in Texas and across the plains during the American Reconstruction period and then to retire as a Pullman Porter in Oklahoma (I believe). It is a culturally significant work because there are obviously very few such stories and it highlights the fact so many cowboys in the latter part of the 19th century were, in fact, black. It would probably be inaccurate, however, to read Nat's narrative as the gospel truth. Rather, it reads more like a dime novel romp with a heavy dose of Horatio Alger and Booker T. Washington's 'Up from Slavery' philosophy. Which seems strangely fitting for a former slave during Reconstruction who believed himself undeniably American. Nat became a cowboy because he was a free spirit, despite slavery, and the order of the day for Americans was to 'go west.' Thus, like other Americans at the time, he has (at first, at least) no sympathy for marauding Indians (the best one being a dead one) and no cultural identification with non-Americans (i.e., Mexicans). Like other American cowboys (and dime novel heroes) he was a crack shot and superior horse-man, eventually earning the name of Deadwood Dick for these talents (notably on July 4). The narrative is definitely an intriguing read and anyone with an interest in slave or cowboy narratives, or dime store novels, should be interested in looking deeper into this one.

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