The Buffalo Soldiers; A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press (1967), 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xiv, [2], 3-290 pp. Bound in yellow cloth light blue lettering inset in a dark blue rectangle and silver lettering on the spine, yellow topstain. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white photograph plates and a few in-text maps. A history of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments: U.S. Army units composed of Black soldiers who fought in the U.S. Civil War, who then went on to fight Native Americans on the Great Plains during the twenty years after the Civil War. The regiments were commanded by white officers and faced several disadvantages thanks to racism in the upper ranks of the United States Army and racism in the frontier towns in which the regiments operated. Leckie's book tells the story of the forgotten Black men who served in the army during the late nineteenth century, and the story of how Black and Indigenous Americans were forced into brutal conflict on the Western frontier. Fine / Near Fine. Item #00009535
A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with a tiny dampstain on the reverse of the front panel.
Price: $200.00