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English
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The "superb" New York Times bestselling author delivers a sweeping epic set during the early days of the Civil War.
In 1853, Carolyn Vinton is left alone and pregnant after her fiancé, abolitionist doctor William Saylor, disappears. After his stepbrother convinces her that William is dead, Carolyn accepts his offer of marriage, not realizing that she is being drawn into an elaborate ruse by her new husband and his father,...
In 1853, Carolyn Vinton is left alone and pregnant after her fiancé, abolitionist doctor William Saylor, disappears. After his stepbrother convinces her that William is dead, Carolyn accepts his offer of marriage, not realizing that she is being drawn into an elaborate ruse by her new husband and his father,...
3) Fort Pillow
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In April 1864, the Union garrison at Fort Pillow was comprised of almost six hundred troops, about half of them black. The Confederacy, incensed by what it saw as a crime against nature, sent its fiercest cavalry commander, Nathan Bedford Forrest, to attack the fort with about 1,500 men. The Confederates overran the fort and drove the Federals into a deadly crossfire. Only sixty-two of the U.S. colored troops survived the fight unwounded. Many accused...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Bombingham by Anthony Grooms is the powerful story of a middle-class black family living in a time of great unrest. Accepting the charge of writing a letter to the parents of a fallen friend and fellow soldier, Walter Burke begins to reflect on the effects that segregation has had on his family and the effect the Vietnam war is having on him. Narrator Dion Graham provides an exceptional reading of Grooms' unsentimental prose.
Author
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Buffalo soldier odyssey is an inspiring story, based on true events, of men born into slavery, then rising above the legacy of their past to meet the challenges of newfound freedom in the face of adversity and deeply rooted racism" --
12) The stone ponies
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Franklin LeBaron Sharpes, a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam, fights to avenge his brother's death while he battles against reconciling with the father who deserted him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A novel on two black soldiers in World War I. They are the Sharp brothers, among the first to be commissioned when the U.S. opens the officer corps to blacks in segregated units. On arrival in France their unit is put to work unloading cargo and the novel describes their struggle to participate in combat and their heroism. By the author of Buffalo Soldiers.
14) Black wheels
Author
Publisher
Xlibris
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Nat Fowler, a fifteen year old African-American boy raised on his family farm in a predominantly white part of Missouri in the late 1800's, runs away from his family farm when he's accused of murder and joins the United States Army. He ends up at Fort Missoula, Montana with the all-black 25th Infantry where a white officer organizes the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps. Nat goes on a historic trek by bicycle from Missoula, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri....
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Four stories that take on the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Law, from a young woman who is engaged to be married, but unable to let go of her woman on the side, an army soldier, to a Petty Officer who, happily married, thought he left his homosexual experiences in the past." --
