Smoked Yankees and the Struggle for Empire: Letters from Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902

by Willard B. Gatewood Jr. and Willard B. Gatewood

Book Overview

Called upon for the first time to render military service outside the States, Negro soldiers (called Smoked Yankees by the Spaniards) were eager to improve their status at home by fighting for the white man in the Spanish-American War. Their story is told through countless letters sent to black U.S. newspapers that lacked resources to field their own reporters. The collection constitutes a remarkably complete and otherwise undisclosed amount of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938626884
• ISBN13: 9780938626886
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"