The Black Military Experience in the American West
by CARROLL, John M. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0871405199
- ISBN 13
- 9780871405197
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1971. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxv, 591pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition of this hefty survey, with chapters covering the black regiments (9th and 10th Cavalry, 24th and 25th Infantry) as well as large sections on "The Cavalry," "Action on the Frontier," "The Officers and the Enlisted Men," "Some Heroic Individuals," "The Medal of Honor Winners," "Black-White Relations on the Frontier" and "A New Breed of Frontier Soldier.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48112
- Title
- The Black Military Experience in the American West
- Author
- CARROLL, John M. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0871405199
- ISBN 13
- 9780871405197
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Western Americana; Black History;
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About the Seller
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