Boston: Gregg Press, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the The Gregg Press Western Fiction Series. Originally published in 1967, this edition includes a new introduction by Will Henry. Based on the story of Ned Huddleston, born a black slave who became Isom Dart, the first bad black man of the West. But despite the necessity of "going bad" to survive the harshness of the frontier, Isom still maintained his faith in the human race. viii, 236 pp. ISBN: 0-839825854.