{"product_id":"follow-the-angels-follow-the-doves-the-bass-reeves-trilogy-book-one-9781496218759","title":"Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdapted for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring David Oyelowo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2022 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist for Western Fiction\u003cbr\u003e2021 Phillip H. McMath Post Publication Book Award Finalist for Prose\u003cbr\u003e2021 International Afro-American Historical \u0026amp; Genealogical Society Book Award for Historical Fiction in Event\/Era\u003cbr\u003e2021 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist for Fiction from the Oklahoma Center for the Book\u003cbr\u003e2021 Will Rogers Medallion Book Award Finalist for Western Fiction\u003cbr\u003e2021 Spur Award Finalist for Historical Novel from the Western Writers of America\u003cbr\u003e2021 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Historical Fiction (Pre 1900s)\u003cbr\u003e2020 Arkansas Gem from the Arkansas Center for the Book\u003cbr\u003e2021 Peacemaker Award Finalist for Best First Novel\u003cbr\u003e2021 Indie Book Award Finalist for Historical Fiction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFollow the Angels, Follow the Doves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an origin story in the true American tradition. Before Bass Reeves could stake his claim as the most successful nineteenth-century American lawman, arresting more outlaws than any other deputy during his thirty-two-year career as a deputy U.S. marshal in some of the most dangerous regions of the Wild West, he was a slave.\u003cp\u003eAfter a childhood picking cotton, Reeves became an expert marksman under his master's tutelage, winning shooting contests throughout the region. His skill had serious implications, however, as the Civil War broke out. Reeves was given to his master's mercurial, sadistic, \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e-quoting son in the hopes that Reeves would keep him safe in battle. The ensuing humiliation, love, heroics, war, mind games, and fear solidified Reeves's determination to gain his freedom and drew him one step further on his fated path to an illustrious career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFollow the Angels, Follow the Doves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an important historical work that places Reeves in the pantheon of American heroes and a thrilling historical novel that narrates a great man's exploits amid the near-mythic world of the nineteenth-century frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSidney Thompson \u003c\/b\u003eteaches creative writing and African American literature at Texas Christian University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYou\/Wee: Poems from a Father\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSideshow: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Thompson has published his short fiction in numerous literary journals and anthologies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50569309389074,"sku":"9781496218759","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45544bb7-cd0a-492a-a824-a98b4e6383a5.jpg?v=1731955344","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/follow-the-angels-follow-the-doves-the-bass-reeves-trilogy-book-one-9781496218759","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}