The Wild West's Most Influential Black Men: The Lives and Legacies of the Forgotten Mountain Men, Cowboys, Sheriffs, and Rodeo Performers

Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured the American imagination like the “Wild West”, which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights, gamblers, and barroom brawls over 100 years after the West was settled. A constant fixture in American pop culture, the 19th century American West continues to be vividly and colorful portrayed not just as a place but as a state of mind.

Almost absent in the perceptions of modern America is the comprehension of Afr...