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Black frontiersman : the memoirs of Henry O. Flipper, first Black graduate of West Point / compiled and edited with introduction and notes by Theodore D. Harris. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940.
- Flipper, Henry Ossian.
- Pioneers--Southwest, New--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- African American pioneers--Southwest, New--Biography.
- African American pioneers.
- African American soldiers--Southwest, New--Biography.
- African American soldiers.
- African Americans--Southwest, New--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Military cadets--New York (State)--West Point--Biography.
- Military cadets.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Southwest, New.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Southwest, New--Race relations.
- Southwest, New.
- African American military cadets--New York (State)--West Point--Biography.
- African American military cadets.
- Military cadets--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Flipper was the first black graduate from West Point and served in the Tenth Cavalry in Texas and Oklahoma before being dishonarbly discharged in 1882. He went on to be a mining engineer, surveyor, congressional aide, translator, and writer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-180) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-585-03325-0
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