" This is the story Bass Reeves...from a life born into slavery, to the life of a run away slave, to becoming one of the most feared federal marshels of the wild west. Gary Paulsen compares Bass Reeves's adventurous life to that of Billy the Kidd, Wild Bill Hickock, Butch Cassidy, Wyatt Earp, or Jeremiah Johnson. "
— Melissa, 12/21/2013