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Buffalo Gordon

This is a fictional history of the West as seen through the eyes of runaway slave Nate Gordon.

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  • "This is a fictional history of the West as seen through the eyes of runaway slave Nate Gordon."@en
  • "Nate Gordon, a runaway slave, becomes a "Buffalo soldier" in the United States Cavalry and returns to Louisiana to recruit soldiers for the Ninth Negro Cavalry."@en
  • "A new fictional series about the American West begins with the adventures of Nate Gordon, a runaway slave who becomes a "Buffalo soldier" in the United States Cavalry."
  • ""The second novel in an ambitious series, Buffalo Gordon on the Plains follows Nate Gordon as he heads West, away from the place where he was a slave before joining the Union Army. Nate has stayed on in the Union Army and he has joined General Sheridan's winter campaign to destroy the hostiles that were raiding frontier settlements on the plains. Here he faces for the first time the man who would become his nemesis, the mysterious Cheyenne Dog Soldier, Cougar Eyes. A page-turning look at the life of African Americans on the Plains and in the military, Nate Gordon and his Cavalry are an unforgettable part of American history." - Taken from cover p.4."
  • "The extraordinary life and times of Nate Gordon from Louisiana Slave to Buffalo Soldier."
  • ""The tumultuous years after the Civil War are seen through the unique perspective of an escaped slave who became a sergeant major of the United States Cavalry. Deep in the plains of Kansas, on the brink of a bitter winter, Nate Gordon must aid the United States in clearing the frontier of hostile Cheyenne warriors, the feared Dog Soldiers. When not clashing with these seasoned hunters, or the prejudices of his commanding officers, he seeks comfort in thinking of his headstrong, beautiful lover, Cara, a Comanche Mexican woman who is also an escaped slave. From his escape from slavery aboard a Louisiana steamboat, to the horrors he witnessed at the hands of murderous Missouri bushwhackers, Nate has known adventures and hardships. Armed with the knowledge of his experiences, Nate must prepare himself to meet his enemies as he joins forces with some of the West's most legendary characters including: "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Kit Carson, and General George Custer. But Nate's battle becomes more personal when he discovers that Cara, pregnant with his child, has been kidnapped by her cruel former master"--Publisher's description."
  • ""Fictional history of the West as seen through the eyes of runaway slave Nate Gordon. Nate has returned to Louisiana Sergeant Major Nate Gordon of the Tenth United States Negro Cavalry. The Civil War is now over, and Nate's job is to recruit and form the Ninth Negro Cavalry, the second colored cavalry in the United States."--Jacket."@en
  • "As he heads west with the Union Army, away from the lands where he was held as a slave, Nate Gordon works alongside General Sheridan to fight frontier settlement raiders and meets his nemesis in the mysterious Cheyenne, Cougar Eyes."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Western stories"
  • "Western stories"@en
  • "War stories"
  • "War stories"@en

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  • "Buffalo Gordon"@en
  • "Buffalo Gordon"
  • "Buffalo Gordon : the extraordinary life and times of Nate Gordon from Louisiana slave to Buffalo soldier"
  • "Buffalo Gordon : the extraordinary life and times of Nate Gordon from Louisiana slave to Buffalo soldier"@en
  • "Buffalo Gordon : extraordinary life and times of nate Gordon from Louisiana slave to Buffalo soldier"
  • "Buffalo Gordon : the extraordinary life and times of Buffalo Gordon from Louisiana slave to Buffalo soldier"@en
  • "Buffalo Gordon on the plains"
  • "Buffalo Gordon on the plains"@en
  • "Buffalo Gordon : the extraordianry life and times of Buffalo Gordon--from Louisiana slave to Buffalo soldier"@en

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