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Book Title: Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment : the Military Career of Charles Young
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Brian G. Shellum
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Military / United States, African American, Military, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 16.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 412 Pages
