FIRST DARK: A Buffalo Soldier's Story

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Buffalo Soldier Isaac Rice's story is an historically correct epic of love, hatred, and redemption. It unfolds amid the violence of the American Civil War, Indian Wars, Reconstruction, and spillover bloodshed from a Mexican Revolution. Isaac is beset by utterly unforgettable characters - a Confederate guerrilla, a Union cavalryman, a black female activist in Mississippi's Constitutional Convention, a Mescalero Apache warrior, and a Mexican nurse. Along with tragedy, they bring history and humor into Isaac's life.

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E.S. Tennent

First Dark is a well researched work of historical fiction, set during and just after the Civil War. This engaging story centers on Isaac Rice, a run-away slave who eventually joins a Buffalo Soldier's unit of the Union Army in the West and intertwines his life and experiences with those of such diverse people as plantation owners, US congressmen, army units operating behind enemy lines, hostile Indians and Mexican combatants. It accurately reflects the attitudes and prejudices of the times and presents both villains and heroes. Rogers makes this novel extremely readable and entertaining as a book of fiction that is based upon actual events and deeds of real people. I thought it was great and I highly recommend First Dark.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781614347514
Publisher: Booklocker.com, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2011
Pages: 586
Sales rank: 579,769
Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Bob Rogers, author of Will and Dena, is a former army captain and combat leader during the Vietnam War in Troop A, 1/10th Cavalry. He was a charter member of the Baltimore, MD chapter of the 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association. Bob lives in Charlotte, NC.

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This book is a work of fiction based on real events and the deeds of real people during the United States' Civil War, Indian Wars, America's Reconstruction period, and a nineteenth century Mexican Revolution. The point of view characters and supporting cast who engage in dialog herein and the USS Benjamin Franklin are my inventions. The historic men and women referenced, organizations, other places, events, other ships, geography, weapons, and the acts of war and kindness are real. For your convenience, a list of lesser known real historic figures is included at the end of this book and updated on my web site; including the bibliography. —From the author

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Posted January 22, 2012

This is a correction to a previous posted review.

Reviewed by Alice D. for Readers Favorite

It is the Civil War year of 1863 and the main character Isaac is sixteen and a slave on the Tiffany plantation in South Carolina. He works for the plantation blacksmith but dreams of escaping from Tiffany and eventually becoming a soldier when he turns eighteen in two years. Isaac talks with his friend Caleb about escaping in Brer Rabbit folktale words. He eventually engineers a clever but hazardous escape by rowing south in a canoe. Isaac realizes his dream of becoming a soldier and, with Caleb, becomes a Buffalo soldier on the American southwestern frontier. Isaac meets and falls in love with Rachel, once a slave on the Taylor and then on Bender Plantations in South Central Mississippi, but the demands of a soldier's life takes Isaac away from Rachel who must endure the violence and bigotry of the Reconstruction years. Isaac and Caleb are thrown into fighting the Apaches as they are forced from their lands onto reservations. Both of them see the Native American's condition exactly like what slaves endured on southern plantations. Isaac settles differences with the Texas Apaches and marries doctor-trained Alejandra. This panoramic story covers the hateful discrimination against blacks and Native Americans during and immediately after the Civil War.

"First Dark" is a powerful story of the underbelly of American history that has been carefully researched and then written. It covers the horrors of bigotry from the points of view of several different characters and brings everything together at the end of the story. Characters are well-developed and believable, and the dialogue and description throughout the book is brilliant, bringing the reader right into the story. The author's creation of characters who blend well with actual historic figures from that era is spectacular, to say the least. This is one of those books the reader will never forget.
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Posted January 15, 2012

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This is one of those books the reader will never forget.

Reviewed by Alice D. for Readers Favorite It is the Civil War year of 1863 and the main character Isaac is sixteen and a slave on the Tiffany plantation in South Carolina. He works for the plantation blacksmith but dreams of escaping from Tiffany and eventually becoming a soldier when he turns eighteen in two years. Isaac talks with his friend Caleb about escaping in Brer Rabbit folktale words. He eventually engineers a clever but hazardous escape by rowing south in a canoe. Isaac realizes his dream of becoming a soldier and, with Caleb, becomes a Buffalo soldier on the American southwestern frontier. Isaac meets and falls in love with Rachel, once a slave on the Taylor and then on Bender Plantations in South Central Mississippi, but the demands of a soldier's life takes Isaac away from Rachel who must endure the violence and bigotry of the Reconstruction years. Isaac and Caleb are thrown into fighting the Apaches as they are forced from their lands onto reservations. Both of them see the Native American's condition exactly like what slaves endured on southern plantations. Isaac settles differences with the Texas Apaches and marries doctor-trained Alejandra. This panoramic story covers the hateful discrimination against blacks and Native Americans during and immediately after the Civil War. "First Dark" is a powerful story of the underbelly of American history that has been carefully researched and then written. It covers the horrors of bigotry from the points of view of several different characters and brings everything together at the end of the story. Characters are well-developed and believable, and the dialogue and description throughout the book is brilliant, bringing the reader right into the story. The author's creation of characters who blend well with actual historic figures from that era is spectacular, to say the least. This is one of those books the reader will never forget.
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