Sable Doughboys

by Willard, Tom

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New York, New York, USA: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 1997. BE6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the copyright page. A novel of American historical ficiton about the experience of AFrican-American soldiers of World War I. The story follows the two sons of a Sergeant major as they become officer candidates in the first Negro officer training program at Fort Des Moines, Iowa with teh 17th Provisional Training Regiment. The novel explores how they are faced with violence and brutal attacks from white racists and then on to their joining the 93rd Division, travel to France, and the horrors of trench warfare and their participation in the Meuse-ARgonne. This author is noted for his meticulous historical research. By the author of "Buffalo Soldiers." 319p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Book summary

A chronicle of the lives of an African American military man and his family during the First World War.