The Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian Paperback Book

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Author: Chris Bohjalian

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Random House Inc

Published: Feb 2003

Genre: Fiction - Literary

Retail Price: $20.00

Pages: 432

Synopsis

A traumatized African-American boy becomes the foster child of a white couple in a small Vermont town. The boy is befriended by an elderly neighbor who teaches him about the Buffalo Soldiers, an all-black cavalry unit active in the late 19th century, and helps him to come out of his shell.

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