Child of the Fighting Tenth: On the Frontier with the Buffalo Soldiers

Hooker, Forrestine Cooper

ISBN 10: 0806140801 / ISBN 13: 9780806140803

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 2011

About this Item

Softbound in Near Fine. Has some light pencil checkmarks in the margins within. Otherwise in As New condition. About the life of Forrestine "Birdie" Cooper whose father was an officer in the Tenth U.S. Cavalry also known as the Buffalo Soldiers. The Buffalo Soldiers made headlines with their battles against Geronimo, sitting Bull, Lone Wolf, Bill the Kid, and Pancho Villa. These men were in the daily life of Birdie Cooper. These are the compelling, yet humorous stories told by Birdie Cooper and edited by Steve Wilson after Birdie died in 1932 about the Fighting Tenth.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Child of the Fighting Tenth: On the Frontier with the Buffalo Soldiers
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806140801
• ISBN 13: 9780806140803
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Western Americana
  • War
  • History

About this title

Synopsis

"No one knew when the bugle sounded reveille what would happen before taps that night." Forrestine "Birdie" Cooper learned at an early age that growing up on the western frontier meant that each new day brought a fresh adventure. Birdie's father, Charles Cooper, was an officer in the Tenth U.S. Cavalry, known as the Buffalo Soldiers, one of four regiments of black troops with white officers. The Buffalo Soldiers made headlines with their battles against Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Lone Wolf, Billy the Kid, and Pancho Villa. These momentous events were just everyday life, and these men of valor, playmates in the childhood escapades of Birdie Cooper. Later in life, after she had married and published several novels, Forrestine Cooper Hooker began writing her memoir, which remained unfinished when she died in 1932. Steve Wilson edited the manuscript into publishable form. The compelling yet humorous stories told in Child of the Fighting Tenth capture the drama of the settlement of the American West, the Indian wars on the plains, and the Geronimo campaign in the Southwest and Mexico as seen through the eyes of a young girl. In this memoir, Birdie Cooper draws us into her world, offering a vibrant portrait of behind-the-scenes life on the western frontier. Forrestine Cooper Hooker wrote nine novels for young adults based on her childhood and life as a ranch woman in southern Arizona. Steve Wilson, Director Emeritus of the Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, Oklahoma, served in Vietnam with the Fourth Infantry Division as an army combat correspondent. He is the author of Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales, The Spider Rock Treasure: A Texas Mystery of Lost Spanish Gold, and Wichita Falls: A Pictorial History.

About the Authors

Forrestine Cooper Hooker wrote nine novels for young adults based on her childhood and life as a ranch woman in southern Arizona.

Steve Wilson, is Director Emeritus of the Museum of the Great Plains and former editor of the Great Plains Journal. He is the author of The Spider Rock Treasure: A Texas Mystery of Lost Spanish Gold, Wichita Falls: A Pictorial History, and numerous articles on southwestern Americana.