Black frontiersman : the memoirs of Henry O. Flipper, first Black graduate of West Point /
Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940.
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. - Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, - 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-180) and index.
1. The Western Memoirs -- 2. Army and Civilian Letters -- 3. Two Black Frontiersmen: Henry Flipper and Estevanico -- 4. Legend of the Black Robin Hood of the Borderlands: Henry Flipper and Pancho Villa -- 5. The Path to Capitol Hill -- 6. Flipper's Later Recollections and Views on Race and Politics, 1936-1940.
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.
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96040449
Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940.
Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940
Pioneers--Southwest, New--Biography.
African American pioneers--Southwest, New--Biography.
African American soldiers--Southwest, New--Biography.
African Americans--Southwest, New--Biography.
African American military cadets--New York (State)--West Point--Biography.
Military cadets--United States--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Southwest, New.
African American military cadets.
African American pioneers.
African American soldiers.
African Americans.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Military cadets.
Pioneers.
Race relations.
Cavalerie.
Frontier.
Southwest, New--Race relations.
New York (State)--West Point.
New Southwest.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
Autobiographies.
F786 / .F575 1997
355/.0092 B
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. - Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, - 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-180) and index.
1. The Western Memoirs -- 2. Army and Civilian Letters -- 3. Two Black Frontiersmen: Henry Flipper and Estevanico -- 4. Legend of the Black Robin Hood of the Borderlands: Henry Flipper and Pancho Villa -- 5. The Path to Capitol Hill -- 6. Flipper's Later Recollections and Views on Race and Politics, 1936-1940.
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.
0875651712 9780875651712 0875652824 9780875652825
96040449
Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940.
Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940
Pioneers--Southwest, New--Biography.
African American pioneers--Southwest, New--Biography.
African American soldiers--Southwest, New--Biography.
African Americans--Southwest, New--Biography.
African American military cadets--New York (State)--West Point--Biography.
Military cadets--United States--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Southwest, New.
African American military cadets.
African American pioneers.
African American soldiers.
African Americans.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Military cadets.
Pioneers.
Race relations.
Cavalerie.
Frontier.
Southwest, New--Race relations.
New York (State)--West Point.
New Southwest.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Biography.
Autobiographies.
F786 / .F575 1997
355/.0092 B