Prologue: From the Jungles of Liberia; 1. Enslaved in Kentucky; 2. Freedom in Ohio; 3. Beast Barracks and Plebe Year; 4. Plebe Year Again; 5. Yearling Upperclassman; 6. Cow Year Alone; 7. Firstie Year and Graduation; Epilogue: Reflections
Biography of Charles Young, the third black graduate of West Point, the first black US military Attache, and the highest-ranking African-American military officer until his death in 1922.
Brian G. Shellum is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and retired from the U.S. Army. He is currently a historian at the Defense Intelligence Agency.
"Shellum draws on his own West Point knowledge in vividly portraying the difficulties Young encountered, and he points up Young's determination and devotion to his country."—Booklist
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