Bøger af Nat Love

Book Excerpt: reedom of its people.[Illustration: My First Drunk]Some of the slaves, like us, had kind and indulgent masters. These were lucky indeed, as their lot was somewhat improved over their less fortunate brothers, but even their lot was the same as that of the horse or cow of the present day. They were never allowed to get anything in the nature of education, as smart negroes were not in much demand at that time, and the reason was too apparent, education meant the death of the institution of slavery in this country, and so the slave owners took good care that their slaves got none of it.Go and see the play of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and you will see the black man's life as I saw it when a child. And Harriett Beecher Stowe, the black man's Saviour, well deserves the sacred shrine she holds, along with the great Lincoln, in the black man's heart.CHAPTER II.WAR. "THE REBELS AND YANKEES." I RAISE A REGIMENT TO FIGHT. DIRead More

The Life and Adventures of Nat Love ;Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick", has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

This autobiography chronicles the author's exploits as a frontiersman and railroadman. Born enslaved, Nat Love left his family when he was 15 to make a living as a cowboy on the western frontier.

As one of the most famous black heroes of the Old West, Nat Love documents his own life from a plantation slave to a well-known cowboy of the American West to a porter on a Pullman car. The original cover page read: ?The Life and Adventures Of Nat Love Better Known In The Cattle Country As ?Deadwood Dick? ?By Himself? A True History of Slavery Days, Life On The Great Cattle Ranges And On The Plains Of The ?Wild And Woolly? West, Based On Facts, And Personal Experiences Of The Author?.

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Nat Love's memoir Life and Adventures of Nat Love is one of the only firsthand accounts of an African American cowhand in the western United States from this period. Published in 1907, the Life and Adventures of Nat Love would help to make Love a black folk hero of the Old West.

Thousands of black cowpunchers drove cattle up the Chisholm Trail after the Civil War, but only Nat Love wrote about his experiences. This autobiography Of Nat Love includes encounters with Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, a soon-after view of the Custer battlefield, and a successful courtship.