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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, Description: 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0875651712
  • 9780875651712
  • 0875652824
  • 9780875652825
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Black frontiersman.DDC classification:
  • 355/.0092 21
  • B 21
LOC classification:
  • F786 .F575 1997
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-180) and index.

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.

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.

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