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Why Hasn’t Anyone Written a Book about the Lone Ranger being a Black Man?

by | Oct 10, 2017 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Why hasn’t anyone written a book about the Lone Ranger being a black man? Stan Johnson — Riverside, California. At least one book claims that Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was the prototype for the Lone Ranger. Historian Art Burton wrote an excellent book in 2006 on Reeves, Black Gun, Silver Star. In July 2013, True West published Burton’s argument that the Lone Ranger radio character was based on the frontier deputy marshal. Burton addressed similarities between the Lone Ranger and


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