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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

Calbreath, Dean (author.).

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 the American Civil War"--

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  • ISBN: 9781639363247
  • Physical Description: 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-297) and index.
Subject: Borno State (Nigeria) Biography
African Americans Social conditions 19th century
Slavery History 19th century
Freed persons Biography
Muslims Biography
Nigerian Americans Biography
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865) Biography
Said, Nicholas 1836-1882 Travel
Said, Nicholas 1836-1882
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 4 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 92 SAID (Text) 50686016293743 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library 973 CAL (Text) 33249025524053 Non-fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library BIOG SAID-N (Text)
Endowment: Edwin S. Longanecker Named Endowment, 2023
35740635926181 Biography Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) 921 SAID (Text)
Bookplate: A gift to The Green Free Library from Marian and Larry Miller in memory of Dr. Robert Charles Bair
92526165 GFWM Main Room Available -

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