John P Langellier

Gebundenes Buch

Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers

Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest Volume 19

Beschreibung

"Book is a biography of US Army Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, a young white man who graduated from West Point last in his class in 1884 and was assigned to the 10th US Cavalry, an African-American troop in the Southwest United States. He caught the attention of artist Frederic Remington, who included him and his troopers in many artworks. He was awarded a Medal of Honor for rescuing one of his troopers during a shoot out with Comanches. Clarke drowned in the Big Horn River in 1893"--

Autor

John P. Langellier received his PhD from Kansas State University with an emphasis on military history. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Fighting for Uncle Sam: Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Army; Bluecoats: The U.S. Army in the West, 1848-1897; and Custer: The Man, the Myth, the Movies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of North Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9781574418118
• ISBN-10: 1574418114
• Artikelnr.: 59411572