5490 New York: Scribner's, 1972. First printing. Well-researched account of the story of Johnson Whittaker,who born a slave became the 3rd African American to enter West Point (where he encounter the same hazing and ostracization as his predecessors), and of his court martial in 1881. Photographs, notes, index. 320 pp. Just about fine in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.) HC 1st ed - ISBN: 0-684-128446 $30.00USD
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