01319cam a2200373 4500 612757240 TxAuBib 20090702120000.0 980327s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 98018661 9780590026918 0590026917 DLC DLC DLC KyLxBWI ICrlF TxAuBib Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- The journal of Joshua Loper : a Black cowboy / by Walter Dean Myers. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic, 1999. 158 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. Dear America My name is America "A Dear America book"--Cover. In 1871 Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss. 6.4 Follett Library Resources. 5-8 Follett Library Resources. 20090702. Cattle drives Fiction. Cowboys Fiction. African Americans Fiction. Diaries Fiction. Cowhands Fiction. West (U.S) Fiction. Dear America. My name is America.