00899cam a2200253 4500 144908408 TxAuBib 20060614120000.0 060614s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 98-18661 9780590026918 10.95 0590026917 10.95 TxAuBib Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- The Journal of Joshua Loper : A Black Cowboy / Walter Dean Myers. New York : Scholastic, 1999. 156p. Dear America My Name is America In 1871, Joshua Loper, a 16 yr old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss. 20060614. Cattle Drives-Fiction. Cowhands Fiction. Dear America My Name is America.