Hemphill, Helen, 1955-

The adventurous deeds of Deadwood Jones / Helen Hemphill. - 1st ed. - Asheville, N.C. : Front Street, c2008. - 228 p. ; 22 cm.

Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes his father lives, and they find adventure and face challenges as African Americans in a land still recovering from the Civil War.

ISBN: 9781590786376 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008005422

Subjects--Personal Names:
Wheeler, Edward L. 1854 or 5-1885 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cowboys--Fiction.
Cattle drives--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Cousins--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.H3774487 / Adv 2008

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]