Bahni Turpin
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Bird?s historical novel is a layered study of post-Civil War America from the imagined perspective of remarkable Buffalo Soldier Cathy Williams, the first woman to serve in the legendary all-black cavalry and infantry. Mining Civil War military history, western expansion and clashes with Native Americans, and gender and race relations, Bird frames an epic romantic tale. It tracks Williams's life from when she?s taken as ?contraband? from her family...