| The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West, Revised Edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): Leckie, William H. (Author), Leckie, Shirley A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806138408 ISBN-13: 9780806138404 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Written in accessible prose that includes a synthesis of recent scholarship, this revised edition delves into the social impact of being an African-American soldier in the 19th century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - United States - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 978.004 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie's The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African American units in the conquest of the West. Decades later, with sales of more than 75,000 copies, The Buffalo Soldiers has become a classic. Now, in a newly revised edition, the authors have expanded the original research to explore more deeply the lives of buffalo soldiers in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments. Written in accessible prose that includes a synthesis of recent scholarship, this edition delves further into the life of an African American soldier in the nineteenth century. It also explores the experiences of soldiers' families at frontier posts. In a new epilogue, the authors summarize developments in the lives of buffalo soldiers after the Indian Wars and discuss contemporary efforts to memorialize them in film, art, and architecture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leckie, Shirley A.: - Shirley A. Leckie, Professor of History at the University of Central Florida, is the author of Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth and Angie Debo: Pioneering Historian. Leckie, William H.: -William H. Leckie was the coauthor, with Shirley A. Leckie, of Unlikely Warriors: General Benjamin Grierson and His Family and The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Calvary in the West, rev. |