How Long to Read The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877

How Long Does it Take to Read The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 by Paul H. Carlson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In the middle of the arid summer of 1877, a drought year in West Texas, a troop of some forty buffalo soldiers (African American cavalry led by white officers) struck out into the Llano Estacado from Double Lakes, south of modern Lubbock, pursuing a band of Kwahada Comanches who had been raiding homesteads and hunting parties. A group of twenty-two buffalo hunters accompanied the soldiers as guides and allies. Several days later three black soldiers rode into Fort Concho at modern San Angelo and reported that the men and officers of Troop A were missing and presumed dead from thirst. The "Staked Plains Horror," as the Galveston Daily News called it, quickly captured national attention. Although most of the soldiers eventually straggled back into camp, four had died, and others eventually faced court-martial for desertion. The buffalo hunters had ridden off on their own to find water, and the surviving soldiers had lived by drinking the blood of their dead horses and their own urine. A routine army scout had turned into disaster of the worst kind. Although the failed expedition was widely reported at the time, its sparse treatments since then have relied exclusively on the white officers' accounts. Paul Carlson has mined the courts-martial records for testimony of the enlisted men, memories of a white boy who rode with the Indians, and other buried sources to provide the first multifaceted narrative ever published. His gripping account provides not only a fuller version of what happened over those grim eighty-six hours but also a nuanced view of the interaction of soldiers, hunters, settlers, and Indians on the Staked Plains at this poignant moment before the final settling of the Comanches on their reservation in Indian Territory.

How long is The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877?

The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 by Paul H. Carlson is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877?

The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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