The Sable DoughboysThe Sable Doughboys
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Book, 1997
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Current format, Book, 1997, 1st ed, Available . Offered in 0 more formatsFollows the saga of the Sharps, an African American family, as two sons, Adrian and David, enter an officer training program and eventually become participants in the bloody battles of World War I
Follows the saga of the Sharps, an African-American family, as two sons, Adrian and David, enter an officer training program and eventually become participants in the bloody battles of World War I.
A nickname for the African-American soldiers of World War I, The Sable Doughboys chronicles the Sharps family through the war. Adrian and David Sharps, the sons of Sergeant Major Augustus and Selona Sharps, have become officer candidates in the first Negro officer training program at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, with the 17th Provisional Training Regiment. During training they are faced with violence and brutal attacks from white racists.
The novel also follows Adrian and David Sharps, and their families, to Virginia, where they join the 93rd Division, and to France, where they experience more racial discrimination, endure the horrors of trench warfare, and face death in the battle of the Meuse-Argonne.
The Sable Doughboys is a meticulously researched novel written by a born storyteller who served with distinction in Vietnam.
Follows the saga of the Sharps, an African-American family, as two sons, Adrian and David, enter an officer training program and eventually become participants in the bloody battles of World War I.
A nickname for the African-American soldiers of World War I, The Sable Doughboys chronicles the Sharps family through the war. Adrian and David Sharps, the sons of Sergeant Major Augustus and Selona Sharps, have become officer candidates in the first Negro officer training program at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, with the 17th Provisional Training Regiment. During training they are faced with violence and brutal attacks from white racists.
The novel also follows Adrian and David Sharps, and their families, to Virginia, where they join the 93rd Division, and to France, where they experience more racial discrimination, endure the horrors of trench warfare, and face death in the battle of the Meuse-Argonne.
The Sable Doughboys is a meticulously researched novel written by a born storyteller who served with distinction in Vietnam.
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