In her novel The Audacity of Patience Levi, Billie Bierer based her lead character on the female Buffalo Soldier Cathy Williams. Shared here are some Buffalo Soldier reads she found useful for her research. Find out how the author got interested in Williams’s story and more at Blog.TWMag.com 1.The Buffalo Soldiers (William H. Leckie; University of Oklahoma Press): A classic acknowledged as the first major book to recognize the importance of the black cavalry in conquering the West. 2.C


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