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1) The wolf and the buffalo

Author

Kelton, Elmer

Series

Number five in the Texas tradition
G.K. Hall large print book

Formats

Book, Large Print

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Presents the story of a young Comanche warrior and a black cavalryman in the post-Civil War Army, both seeking freedom in a white man's world.

2) The forgotten heroes: the story of the Buffalo Soldiers

Author

Cox, Clinton

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 6

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Recounts the history of the ninth and tenth 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.

3) The buffalo soldiers

Pub. Date

2011

Description

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A photographic history of the two black cavalry regiments that served to keep peace on the frontier from 1867 to 1891. Also shown is the dedication ceremony at Fort Leavenworth of a monument to the buffalo soldiers by sculptor Eddie Dixon, with speeches by Gen. Colin Powell and other high ranking black officers of the U.S. Armed Forces

4) The buffalo soldiers

Author

Stovall, TaRessa

Series

African-American achievers

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 4

Description

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An account of the achievements of the African-American Army regiments that distinguished themselves during numerous campaigns and played a vital role in the settlement of the American West.

5) The buffalo soldiers: a narrative of the Black cavalry in the West

Author

Leckie, William H

Pub. Date

c2003

6) The buffalo soldiers: a narrative of the Negro cavalry in the West

Author

Leckie, William H

Pub. Date

[1967]

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Juneteenth - Adult Nonfiction

Description

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The author presents an account of the "accomplishments of the 9th and 10th regiments of Negro U.S. Cavalry. He recounts their almost constant clashes with Indians, Mexican bandits and revolutionaries, criminals and frontier riffraff... from the end of the Civil War to the early 1890's."

7) Sword and drum

Author

Lassiter, Karl

Pub. Date

[2003]

8) Buffalo soldiers

Author

Reef, Catherine

Series

African American soldiers

Pub. Date

1993

Description

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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 pursued the outlaw Pancho Villa through Mexico.

9) Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, his cowboy regiment, and the immortal charge up San Juan Hill

Author

Gardner, Mark Lee

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

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The first definitive account of this legendary fighting force and its extraordinary leader, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Lee Gardners Rough Riders is narrative nonfiction at its most invigorating and compulsively readable. Its dramatic unfolding of a familiar, yet not-fully-known story will remind readers of James Swansons Manhunt. Two months after the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in February 1898, Congress authorized President McKinley...

10) The forgotten heroes :The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers: the story of the Buffalo Soldiers

Author

Cox, Clinton

Pub. Date

c1993

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 6

Description

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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.