Race and the Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the Tourism of Decline, 1870–1930 outlaw Signed with Brent Learned’s Native

Signed with Brent Learned’s Native American Name

Simple text and adorable illustrations tell the contributions of more than a dozen courageous Texans: Stephen Austin

the man and the legend

We travel with him as he encounters Indians

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Race and the Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the Tourism of Decline, 1870–1930 outlaw Signed with Brent Learned’s NativeWinner of the Western Writers of America SPUR Award and the Western Association of Women Historians Gita Chaudhuri Prize! Born a slave in eastern Tennessee, Sarah Blair Bickford (18521931) made her way while still a teenager to Montana Territory, where she settled in the mining boomtown of Virginia City. Race and the Wild West is the first full length biography of this remarkable woman, whose life story affords new insight into race and belonging in