Background
Sinclair Lewis was born in the United States, the grandson of Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis and writer Dorothy Thompson.
(The first novel in an ambitious new series, a fictional h...)
The first novel in an ambitious new series, a fictional history of the West as seen through the eyes of runaway slave Nate Gordon. He has returned to Louisiana as Sergeant Major Nate Gordon of the Tenth United States Cavalry. His job, to recruit and form the second US colored cavalry, the Ninth Negro. Three years have passed since Nate left Louisiana and his life as a slave, to join the Union Army. The war is now over, and it is clear that the South has paid a heavy toll. Nate's former home is a tattered collection of dilapidated buildings and ruined plantations.
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2001
(The tumultuous years after the Civil War are seen through...)
The tumultuous years after the Civil War are seen through the unique perspective of an escaped slave who became a sergeant major of the United States Cavalry in this ambitious, adventurous saga about one man's experiences as an African-American Buffalo Soldier. Deep in the plains of Kansas, on the brink of a bitter winter, Nate Gordon must aid the United States in clearing the frontier of hostile Cheyenne warriors, the feared Dog Soldiers. When not clashing with these seasoned hunters or the prejudices of his commanding officers, he seeks comfort in thinking of his headstrong, beautiful lover, Cara, a Comanche Mexican woman who is also an escaped slave.
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2003
Sinclair Lewis was born in the United States, the grandson of Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis and writer Dorothy Thompson.
John Paul Sinclair Lewis worked at ViviSphere Publishing in Poughkeepsie, New York City as a Head of Epaulet Books division.
Sinclair Lewis works in the publishing business and has written historical novels focusing on Buffalo Gordon, a runaway slave who makes a life for himself in the U.S. Army. The first in the series “Buffalo Gordon: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Nate Gordon from Louisiana Slave to Buffalo Soldier” was published in 2001, it is set in the U.S. Civil War era and narrated by ex-slave Nate Gordon, who becomes a sergeant major in the Union Army's Tenth U.S. Calvary.
The second novel in the series “Buffalo Gordon on the Plains” that was written in 2003 is set on the plains of Kansas, where Gordon and his troops battle a bitter winter while fighting the fearsome Dog Soldiers of the Cheyenne tribe. Gordon is also troubled by nervousness while worrying about his lover, Cara, a Comanche Mexican who is pregnant with his child.
Presently, Lewis works and lives in Washington, District of Columbia.
(The tumultuous years after the Civil War are seen through...)
2003(The first novel in an ambitious new series, a fictional h...)
2001John Paul Sinclair has a wife and daughter.