Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska: Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry

by Brian G. Shellum

The town of Skagway was born in 1897 after its population quintupled in under a year due to the Klondike Gold Rush. Balanced on the edge of anarchy, the U.S. Army stationed Company L, a unit of Buffalo Soldiers, there near the end of the Gold Rush. Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska tells the story of these African American soldiers who kept the peace during a volatile period in America's resource-rich North. It is a fascinating tale that features...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496228448
• ISBN13: 9781496228444
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 8.9"