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100 1 a| Flipper, Henry Ossian,d| 1856-1940,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvt7643Dr4DyM3HxJ4rMP=| ^A71989;

245 10 a| Henry O. Flipper :b| West Point's first black graduate : an annotated autobiography /c| edited by Rory McGovern & Tony McGowan ; contributing editors, Bryan R. Gibby, Elizabeth S. Oberhaus, Anna C. Robinson & Gabriella M. Sorrentino ; with a foreword by General Vincent K. Brooks, U.S. Army (Ret.);

246 30 a| West Point's first black graduate;

264 1 a| West Point, NY :b| West Point Press,c| 2024.;

300 a| xv, 410 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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500 a| In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).;

500 a| Shipping list no.: 2025-0012-S.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- A note to our readers -- Editor's introduction -- Retrospect -- Communication, etc. -- Reporting -- Cant terms, etc. -- Plebe camp -- Studies, etc. -- Yearling camp -- First-class camp -- Our future heroes -- Treatment -- Resume -- Pleasures and privileges -- Furlough -- Incident, humor, etc. -- Graduation- in the Army -- Smith at West Point -- Afterword -- Appendix: Black cadet's extracurricular reading, 1870-1877 -- Index.;

520 a| This annotated edition of Henry Flipper's autobiography guides modern readers and researchers to better understand Flipper's original work. The editors' notes explain the significance of people, places, and events that Flipper identifies in shorthand; provide additional context and subtext to help readers better understand Flipper's experiences; identify areas in which Flipper presented an ambiguous or incomplete narrative; and explore the literary qualities of the original memoir as an early work of African American autobiography. Readers of this work are given insight into the history of the African American struggle in the Reconstruction and to Black presence at West Point, as well as the publication and material history of Flipper's original book and Flipper's broader place in the literary tradition--Publisher's description.;

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Henry O. Flipper : West Point's first black graduate : an annotated autobiography / edited by Rory McGovern & Tony McGowan ; contributing editors, Bryan R. Gibby, Elizabeth S. Oberhaus, Anna C. Robinson & Gabriella M. Sorrentino ; with a foreword by General Vincent K. Brooks, U.S. Army (Ret.).

Author/creator	Flipper, Henry Ossian author.
Format	Book
Publication	West Point, NY : West Point Press, 2024.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xv, 410 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Open access
Supplemental Content	Open access
Subjects	Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. United States Military Academy--Alumni and alumnae. --Biography. African American military cadets--New York (State). --West Point. --Biography.

Other author/creator	McGovern, Rory, editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtC7VhqGX7kFcwTPRh9wC
Other author/creator	McGowan, Tony, 1964- editor.
Other author/creator	Gibby, Bryan R., editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJbtdDJ73pytpCkpdKB8y
Other author/creator	Oberhaus, Elizabeth S., editor.
Other author/creator	Robinson, Anna C., editor.
Other author/creator	Sorrentino, Gabriella M., editor.
Other author/creator	Brooks, Vincent K., writer of foreword. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMfJXWwJyRgwVh4MWPrtq
Other author/creator	West Point Press, issuing body.
Portion of title	West Point's first black graduate
Contents	Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- A note to our readers -- Editor's introduction -- Retrospect -- Communication, etc. -- Reporting -- Cant terms, etc. -- Plebe camp -- Studies, etc. -- Yearling camp -- First-class camp -- Our future heroes -- Treatment -- Resume -- Pleasures and privileges -- Furlough -- Incident, humor, etc. -- Graduation- in the Army -- Smith at West Point -- Afterword -- Appendix: Black cadet's extracurricular reading, 1870-1877 -- Index.
Abstract	This annotated edition of Henry Flipper's autobiography guides modern readers and researchers to better understand Flipper's original work. The editors' notes explain the significance of people, places, and events that Flipper identifies in shorthand; provide additional context and subtext to help readers better understand Flipper's experiences; identify areas in which Flipper presented an ambiguous or incomplete narrative; and explore the literary qualities of the original memoir as an early work of African American autobiography. Readers of this work are given insight into the history of the African American struggle in the Reconstruction and to Black presence at West Point, as well as the publication and material history of Flipper's original book and Flipper's broader place in the literary tradition--Publisher's description.
General note	In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
General note	Shipping list no.: 2025-0012-S.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Related Item	Annotated edition of (work): Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. Colored cadet at West Point. New York, H. Lee & Co., 1878
Genre/form	Autobiographies.
Genre/form	Autobiographies.
ISBN	9781959631071 (paperback)
ISBN	1959631071 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)
Govt. docs number	D 109.2:H 39

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