The Forgotten Heroes: the Story of the Buffalo Soldiers by Clinton Cox (Very good, 1996, Pbk, 176 pages, Scholastic)

Inn very good condition. ISBN 0590451227

Following the Civil War, thousands of black cavalrymen were recruited by the U.S. government to open the West. Looking for opportunity and freedom, these soldiers were pitted against Native Americans like Geronimo. This meticulously researched story is illustrated with archival photos and recounts a stirring, but little known, chapter in our nation's history.