The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy, The Chisholm Trail, 1871

By Walter Dean Myers

Book Overview

Two-time Newberry Honor-winning author Walter Dean Myers writes about an African-American boy's struggles with his first cattle drive and the racial prejudices of the time. A "Dear America" book. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590026917
• ISBN13: 9780590026918
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9

Customer Reviews

the journal of joshua loper

Wow! If you're looking for a Wild West book, this is the one. I'm sure you'll love how the story leads off, and how it ends. This story begins when a teenager reaches the age to go on a cattle trip, and is totally psyched, but did not know what was In store for him. What he learns is Simple; 1.AIM BEFORE YOU SHOOT 2.HOW TO ROPE A CATTLE. This is also a very touching, and emotional story, but Joshua puts it together perfectly. The part in this story that I liked the most was when they reached a town called; Abilence. Abilence is a rough town where you're sure to get in a fight ,and you wont be disappointed! Joshua goes through some rough times but makes it through the whole trip. I give this book a 5 out of 5. Jeremy Snowden.

A good My Name is America book.

This was a good My Name is America book. Joshua is sixteen and he and his mother live and work on a ranch in 1871. His father is trying to find work somewhere else so they can all live together. Joshua is offered a job on a cattle drive so he takes it. The work is hard but he is proud to earn money for his mother. He keeps a journal thats tells what happens to him on the cattle drive. This was a good book