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Buffalo soldiers
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Catherine Reef |
Recounts the deeds of the 9th and 10th Cavalry, comprised of African American soldiers who kept peace between Indians and settlers on the western frontier, fought in the Spanish-American War, and pur… |
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The buffalo soldier tragedy of 1877
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Paul Howard Carlson |
"The year 1877 was a drought year in West Texas. In the middle of that arid summer, a troop of some forty buffalo soldiers (African American cavalry led by white officers) struck out into the Llano E… |
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Rough Riders
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Mark Lee Gardner |
Two months after the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in February 1898, Congress authorized President McKinley to recruit a volunteer army to drive the Spaniards from Cuba. From this army em… |
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How the wild West was won
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Bruce Wexler |
Through its portrayal in movies, literature, television, fashion, and art, the West has become a familiar concept. Wexler sheds light on this much-romanticized period of history by acknowledging its … |
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The Forgotten Heroes
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Clinton Cox |
It's a novel about the war between the Buffalo Soldiers and the Indians. Though the Buffalo Soldiers were fighting for the people, the people were fighting them because they were colored. This book t… |
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