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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

316: Bass Reeves w/ Art T. Burton - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

There is a lot of buzz about Taylor Sheridan's newest television series Lawmen: Bass Reeves, and this week's guest, Old West author and historian Art T. Burton, is here to separate fact from fiction. He tells us about the exploits of this legendary Deputy U.S. Marshal, not only one of the first African-American marshals in United States history, but arguably the greatest lawman of his era. Art Burton's book is called "Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves". More about the author and his book can be found at his website here: https://www.artburton.com/ The author's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004081261210 This episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh. Order here and get 50% off plus free shipping! http://www.hellofresh.com/50notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On to the interview.

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I am absolutely delighted to have Art T. Burton on the show.

1:58.8

He spent 38 years in higher education, both as a history professor at Prairie State College

2:05.6

and South Suburban College and as an administrator at Benedictine University, Loyola University,

2:14.1

Chicago and Columbia University, Chicago. He has appeared in multiple documentaries on

2:21.2

history channel and he has written prolifically about the Old West, including the book he is here

2:27.1

to talk about today called Black Gun Silver Star, the life and legend of Frontier Marshall bass

2:36.0

Reeves. I so appreciate you joining me today, really great to talk to you.

2:41.5

It was my pleasure to be here with you. Thank you. So do you remember where you first heard the name

2:50.3

bass Reeves? Yes, I do. I was about 11 years old. I was visiting my grandparents in Arcadia,

2:59.8

Oklahoma and I just watched a movie on their television on the Wab group and I knew my grandparents

3:09.3

had come to Oklahoma during the Frontier days and I asked them if they were any African-Americans

3:16.0

who were deptuous Marshalls and my grandfather told me he remembered seeing them

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