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Author
Series
Texas tradition volume no. 5
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Description
Gideon Ledbetter, freed from slavery, finds himself with no land, no money, and no means to make a living. He is drawn into the army, which had painted a deceptively alluring picture of cavalry life. Soon, Gideon becomes locked in a battle with a Comanche warrior, and a portrait emerges of two men who are merely pawns in a tragic conflict.
Author
Publisher
Pelican Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Realizing that his future lies in owning land, not just being free, a young man raised as a slave becomes a buffalo soldier--a member of an all-black cavalry regiment formed to protect white settlers from Indians, bandits, and outlaws, and that later fought in the Spanish American War. Includes historical note.
Author
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-168) and index. Chronicles the 1877 Buffalo Soldier Tragedy, in which a troop of buffalo soldiers and hunters set out into the Llano Estacado in pursuit of a band of raiding Kwahada Comanches, and were forced to resort to desperate measures to avoid dying of thirst. Adult
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Recounts the history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments, comprised of African American soldiers recruited to open the West to settlers and whose deeds included escorting wagon trains, carrying mail, and fighting battles against Native Americans.
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