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  title info:
    title: More work than glory
    sub title: Buffalo Soldiers in the United States Army, 1866-1916
  name:
    name part: Langellier, John P. (John Phillip)
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: History
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2023
    copyright date: 2023
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 322 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Profusely illustrated with compelling images and detailed maps, along with an array of appendices, this latest addition to the Buffalo Soldier saga represents over five decades of research by military historian John P. Langellier.Prior to the 1960s, the term "Buffalo Soldier" was a fairly obscure one. Then, a trickle of titles became a torrent of books, articles, novels, monuments, and expanding numbers of historic sites along with museums all of which have changed the picture. Even an occasional nod from television and movies helped transform these once relatively little-known Black U.S. Army troops into familiar figures, who have taken their place in a mythic past. Indeed, powerful imagemakers from William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and his Congress of Rough Riders to Frederic Remington, the dean of frontier artists, helped lionize the Black troops whose exploits brought them to the American West, Cuba, the Philippines, Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii in the years between 1866 and 1916.Despite a significant shift in emphasis, numerous efforts treating this element of the vital, complex story of the post-Civil War U.S. Army frequently repeated earlier studies rather than added fresh perspectives. Also, the narrative typically ended with the so-called Indian Wars or Spanish American War. Many authors likewise dwelt on military operations rather than numerous other relevant contributions and activities of these men who played a role in the nation's complex evolution during the half century after the American Civil War.Profusely illustrated with compelling images and detailed maps, along with an array of appendices, this latest addition to the Buffalo Soldier saga represents over five decades of research by military historian John P. Langellier. Further, More Work an Glory: Buffalo Soldiers in the United States Army, 1866-1916 combines the best features of prior scholarship while enhancing the scope with new or underused primary sources.The author views the subject through the…
  note: John P. Langellier.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Army
    topic: African American troops
    topic: History
  subject:
    name:
      name part: États-Unis.
      name part: Army
    topic: Troupes noires américaines
    topic: Histoire
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Army
  subject:
    topic: African American soldiers
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Militaires noirs américains
    topic: Histoire
  subject:
    topic: African American soldiers
  subject:
    topic: Armed Forces
    topic: African American troops
  classification: E185.63 .L363 2023
  classification: 355.0089/96073
  related item:
    title info:
      title: From musket to Maxim 1815-1914 ; 37
  identifier: 9781804513347
  identifier: 1804513342
  location:
    physical location: pda,print
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 230527
    record change date: 20250318222445.5
    record identifier: in00004770891
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng