Bass Reeves

About this episode

The episode discusses the legendary figure Bass Reeves, a black lawman of the Wild West, featuring guest Beau Binek.

Marshal Bass Reeves was a legend of the Wild West. What sets him apart from the usual lexicon of Wild West legends wasn’t that he was black or a black law man, it’s because he was the real deal. Joining us is the incomparable Beau Binek from the How the West Was F#cked podcast! Sources: Burton, Arthur T. Black Gun, Silver Star : The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves. Lincoln, Neb., University Of Nebraska Press ; Chesham, 2008.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jerry Nash, Christopher Wheadon, Zach Mech, Madi Moon

Guest: Beau Binek

Topics covered

• Wild West
• law enforcement
• African American history
• legend
• frontier life

Keywords

• Bass Reeves
• Wild West
• lawman
• Beau Binek
• history
• African American
• frontier
• legend

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: How the West Was F#cked, University Of Nebraska Press

Books & works: Black Gun, Silver Star : The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves

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