Brief description:
The Sable Doughboys is the second novel in this series tracing the history of the African-American military man and woman.
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 bom storyteller who served with distinction in Vietnam.
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 bom storyteller who served with distinction in Vietnam.
Publication
Forge (1997), Edition: 1st, 319 pages
Collection
Physical description
319 p.; 9 inches