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Author:

Calbreath, Dean, author.

Title:

THE SERGEANT : THE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF NICHOLAS SAID : SON OF AN AFRICAN GENERAL, SLAVE OF THE OTTOMANS, FREE MAN UNDER THE TSARS, HERO OF THE UNION ARMY / Dean Calbreath.

Edition:

First Pegasus Books edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

310 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Said, Nicholas,--1836-1882.
Nigerian Americans--Biography.
Muslims--Biography.
Freed persons--Biography.
Borno State (Nigeria)--Biography.
United States.--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)--Biography.
Said, Nicholas,--1836-1882--Travel.
Slavery--History--19th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--19th century.
Biographies.

Notes:

2023/02/07 Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-297) and index.

Summary:

"From his noble childhood in the kingdom of Borno to being kidnapped into slavery, the inspiring life-story of Nicholas Said is an epic journey that takes him from Africa and the Ottoman Empire through Czarist Russia and, finally, to heroic acclaim in theAmerican Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1639363246
9781639363247

LCCN:

bl2023002042

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)