The Buffalo Cowboy: a Western Novel Inspired by Zane Grey’s the Lone Star Ranger of the Color

The Buffalo Cowboy is a stirring reimagining of Zane Grey’s Western classic, told through the eyes of a Black cowboy who fought for freedom both in war and on the frontier.Caleb Freeman, once a Buffalo Soldier during the Civil War, rides west in search of peace—but instead finds injustice still festering. When he discovers a group of Black families being secretly enslaved years after Emancipation, he leads an uprising that sets them free. Settling in an all-Black Western town far from white law, Caleb seeks a new beginning.But peace doesn’t last. A man is murdered—and Caleb is framed. Now hunted by lawmen and enemies alike, he must clear his name and fight for the freedom he risked everything to protect.Set against the backdrop of Black cowboy culture and frontier resilience, The Buffalo Cowboy is a powerful Western about dignity, resistance, and the untold heroes of the American West.