''Black Hat Jack: The True Life Adventures of Deadwood Dick as told by His Ownself'' is a
novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) ...
written by American author
Joe R. Lansdale. It tells the story about African-American cowboy
Nat Love
Nat Love (June 14, 1854 – February 11, 1921) was an American cowboy and writer active in the period following the American Civil War, Civil War. His reported exploits have made him one of the more famous heroes of the American frontier, Old Wes ...
, also known as "
Deadwood Dick
Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories, or dime novels, published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854/5–1885). The name became so widely known in its time that it was used to advantage by ...
" and his friend Black Hat Jack. The story is told from Nat's narrative point of view and takes place in the old west in 1874 during the
Second Battle of Adobe Walls
The Second Battle of Adobe Walls was fought on June 27, 1874, between Comanche forces and a group of 28 Texan bison hunters defending the settlement of Adobe Walls, Texas, Adobe Walls, in what is now Hutchinson County, Texas. "Adobe Walls was ...
fought against various tribes of
Native Americans.
Release information
It was published by
Subterranean Press
Subterranean Press is a small press publisher in Burton, Michigan. Subterranean is best known for publishing genre fiction, primarily Horror fiction, horror, suspense and dark mystery, fantasy, and science fiction. In addition to publishing novel ...
as an eBook and both a deluxe hardcover and limited edition. The hardcover has sold out.
References
External links
Author's official websitePublisher's WebsiteKen Laager Website
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Novels by Joe R. Lansdale
Novels set in Texas
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