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Henry Ossian Flipper was one of the nineteenth-century West’s most remarkable individuals. The first African American graduate of West Point, he served four years in the West as a cavalry officer but was court-martialed and dismissed from the service in 1882. He spent the rest of his long life attempting to clear his name.

Flipper’s record of accomplishment was significant for any individual in any time, and for a nineteenth-century black American it was phenomenal. As historian Quintard Taylor points out, in his post-Army career Flipper was a surveyor, cartographer, civil and mining engineer, interpreter, translator, historian, inventor, newspaper editor, special agent for the Justice Department, deputy U.S. mineral surveyor, aide to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and consultant to the secretary of the interior. His work carried him to Mexico, Venezuela, and Spain, and he left a record of achievement that demonstrates his enormous talent and unrelenting effort.

The Colored Cadet at West Point contains Taylor’s biographical essay, Flipper’s account of his career at West Point, and a new index prepared for this volume.

1. The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy (Blacks in the American West) by Henry Ossian Flipper
	Paperback: 332 Pages (1998-10-01) list price: US$18.95 -- used & new: US$12.26 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0803268904 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description Henry Ossian Flipper was one of the nineteenth-century West’s most remarkable individuals. The first African American graduate of West Point, he served four years in the West as a cavalry officer but was court-martialed and dismissed from the service in 1882. He spent the rest of his long life attempting to clear his name. Flipper’s record of accomplishment was significant for any individual in any time, and for a nineteenth-century black American it was phenomenal. As historian Quintard Taylor points out, in his post-Army career Flipper was a surveyor, cartographer, civil and mining engineer, interpreter, translator, historian, inventor, newspaper editor, special agent for the Justice Department, deputy U.S. mineral surveyor, aide to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and consultant to the secretary of the interior. His work carried him to Mexico, Venezuela, and Spain, and he left a record of achievement that demonstrates his enormous talent and unrelenting effort. The Colored Cadet at West Point contains Taylor’s biographical essay, Flipper’s account of his career at West Point, and a new index prepared for this volume. ... Read more

2. Henry Ossian Flipper: West Point's First Black Graduate by Jane Eppinga
	Paperback: 250 Pages (1996-06) list price: US$12.95 Isbn: 1556225040 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

3. Colored Cadet at West Point by Henry Ossian Flipper
	Hardcover: Pages (1969-06) list price: US$29.95 -- used & new: US$29.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0405018630 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Download Description The following pages were written by request. They claim to give an accurate and impartial narrative of my four years' life while a cadet at West Point, as well as a general idea of the institution there. They are almost an exact transcription of notes taken at various times during those four years. Any inconsistencies, real or apparent, in my opinions or in the impressions made upon me, are due to the fact that they were made at different times at a place where the feelings of all were constantly undergoing material change. ... Read more

4. Henry O. Flipper (African-American Soldiers) by Pfeifer
	Library Binding: 80 Pages (1997-12-09) list price: US$23.90 -- used & new: US$8.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0805023518 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

5. The Court-Martial of Lieutenant Henry Flipper (Southwestern Studies) by Charles M., III Robinson
	Paperback: 130 Pages (1994-12) list price: US$12.50 -- used & new: US$71.37 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0874041961 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

6. Lonely Trumpet: A Western Story (Five Star First Edition Western Series) by Johnny D. Boggs
	Hardcover: 356 Pages (2002-05) list price: US$25.95 Isbn: 0786232595 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description Historical novel that recreates the life of Henry O. Flipper, the Georgia-born slave who became the first black graduate of West Point, only to be court-martialed in a racially charged proceeding in Fort Davis, Texas, in 1881. ... Read more