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Cathy Williams from slave to female Buffalo Soldier
| Title | Cathy Williams from slave to female Buffalo Soldier |
| Names | Tucker, Phillip Thomas. |
| Book Number | DB059297 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Post-Civil War Missouri. Account of buffalo soldier Cathy Williams, purportedly the first African American woman disguising herself as a man to serve in the U.S. military. Prize-winning historian traces Williams's escape from slavery, civilian employment as Army laundress, 1866 enlistment, and ultimate independence as a businesswoman. 2002. |
| Narrator | Allison, Kristin. |
| Local Subject | Biography & Autobiography - BIO |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Women's Interest - WOM | |
| General Non-Fiction - GNF | |
| Biography - Black concern - BLKB | |
| Biography - Notable Women - BIW | |
| Biography - Military - BIPM | |
| History - U.S., frontier history - HUSF | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Audience Notes | Female narrator. |
| LC Subject | African American soldiers - West (U.S.) - Biography |
| African American women - Biography |
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| African Americans - Biography |
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| Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
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| Indians of North America - Wars - 1866-1895 |
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| Women slaves - Missouri - Independence - Biography |
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| Women soldiers - West (U.S.) - Biography |
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| Call Number | 973.81092 B ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2002 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2002 (AFB, recording studio). |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: 1st ed. Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2002. 0811703401 |