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The San Francisco Review described Bob Rogers a rising author who takes readers back to life and times in the early years of the Civil War, blending a brilliant mix of historic persons with his fictional characters. Celebrating the sesquicentennial year of the famed Buffalo Soldiers, Bob Rogers delivers his most ambitious work yet–a novel that spans their first generation–from Charleston and Vicksburg to Appomattox and desert Apache battlefields. First came dark days that beset Isaac Rice's epic journey–America’s wars to settle the "Negro and Indian problems.” First Dark: A Buffalo Soldier’s Story–Sesquicentennial Edition (with a foreword by General (Ret) Lloyd “Fig” Newton) is an historically correct action novel that follows Isaac Rice, the Tenth Cavalry, and the women who love him. His nineteenth century saga begins in Charleston and contributes to the story of how twenty-first century America came to be. Telling Isaac’s story, Rogers surrounds a host of diverse fictional characters with an impressive nonfiction cast, including historic political, military, religious figures, and entrepreneurs of that era. Subsequent volumes follow Isaac’s descendants, ordinary nineteenth and twentieth century working people, into and out of calamities–recessions, panics, droughts, world wars, a depression, natural disasters, and the division of people by race, class, and caste. The view through their eyes serves to enhance twenty-first century readers’ understanding of “how things got this way” in America. Isaac Rice, a teenager on a South Carolina rice plantation, traveling alone, follows a treacherous waterborne route filled with incredible hardships and danger to escape from slavery. Too young to be a soldier, the Union Army hires him to shovel coal on a gunboat. Thus begins Isaac’s westward journey, in which he encounters storms, stampeding buffalo, and the hate of zealous patriots whose causes are antithetical to the nation he is sworn to defend. Undaunted, he pursues respect and dignity on an odyssey from the middle of the Civil War in South Carolina’s Low Country and the Mississippi Heartland, to the Indian Wars on the Great Plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. Isaac’s is an epic tale of young North Americans coming of age amid the violence of the U.S. Civil War, Indian Wars, Reconstruction, and spillover bloodshed from a Mexican Revolution. Telling Isaac’s story required extensive research of 19th and 20th century books, official documents, and letters, plus multiple visits to relevant geographic locations over a period of twenty years. A memorable set of characters revolve around Isaac–a Confederate guerilla, a black female activist in a Mississippi Constitutional Convention, a Mescalero Apache warrior, a white Union cavalry sergeant, and a Mexican nurse–who raise their voices and bare their souls as the world they seek constantly changes, bringing tragedy to their lives and danger for Isaac.
First Dark: A Buffalo Soldier's Story - Sesquicentennial Edition, by Bob Rogers- Amazon Sales Rank: #923429 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-07
- Released on: 2015-10-07
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Review The Gripping saga of Isaac Rice is a hero's journey. [Don't] be surprised if First Dark ends up as a popular movie. It's also a darn good read.-- Baltimore Post-Examiner First Dark is a powerful story of the underbelly of American history that has been carefully researched and written. It covers the horrors of bigotry from the points of view of several different characters and brings everything together at the end of the story. Characters are well-developed and believable, and the dialogue and description throughout the book are brilliant.-- Readers' FavoriteI thoroughly enjoyed First Dark, a roller coaster thriller about the life of Isaac Rice, a former slave. The book is rich in historical detail and scenic descriptions that allow you to taste, feel, smell, see, and hear the events in the book. -- Dave Miller, CEO, American Red Cross National Testing Laboratory
From the Author This book is a work of fiction based on real events and the deeds of real people during the United States' Civil War, Indian Wars, America's Reconstruction period, and a nineteenth century Mexican Revolution. The point of view characters and supporting cast who engage in dialog herein and the USS Benjamin Franklin are my inventions. The historic men and women referenced, organizations, other places, events, other ships, geography, weapons, and the acts of war and kindness are real.For your convenience, a list of lesser known real historic figures is included at the end of this book and updated on my web site; including the bibliography. Front cover: "Proud to Serve." Provided courtesy of the Don Stivers Gallery. Copyright 1991: Don Stivers Gallery.
From the Inside Flap Also by Bob Rogers Will and Dena: Love and Life in World War II James Darby: Civil War Union Cavalryman
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. First Dark is a great read By E. S. Tennent First Dark is a well researched work of historical fiction, set during and just after the Civil War. This engaging story centers on Isaac Rice, a run-away slave who eventually joins a Buffalo Soldier's unit of the Union Army in the West and intertwines his life and experiences with those of such diverse people as plantation owners, US congressmen, army units operating behind enemy lines, hostile indians and Mexican combatants. It accurately reflects the attitudes and prejudices of the times and presents both villains and heroes.Rogers makes this novel extremely readable and entertaining as a book of fiction that is based upon actual events and deeds of real people.I thought it was great and I highly recommend "First Dark".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The Gripping Saga of Isaac Rice, a Runaway Slave, is a Hero's Journey By Bill Hughes The year is 1863. The month is May. The Civil War, America's Holocaust, is raging like a firestorm. By the time this lethal national tragedy is over, it will count over 750,000 casualties, a staggering total. (1) Although troops of the Army of the Republic (Union) under General Ulysses S. Grant, have Vicksburg, Mississippi under siege, the Confederacy, the (South) under General Robert E. Lee, is far from defeated. The critical battle of Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania, has yet to be fought. That epic encounter won't begin until July 1st of 1863. Meanwhile, since 1862, Union troops, thanks to their maritime prowess, are occupying the Sea Islands off of South Carolina's coast. "First Dark" is an ambitious historical novel and it's full of dramatic scenes. It opens in the low country of South Carolina on a slave planation, not far from the bustling port city of Charleston. From there, it takes our protagonist, Isaac Rice, then a 16-year-old-black slave, on an adventurous odyssey. It leads him to the heartlands of Mississippi, to the raging Indian Wars on the Great Plains, and then to the deserts of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. The omniscient narrator focuses primarily on Isaac, but occasionally will move to other characters. Back Story: South Carolina, of all the "13 Slave States," was probably the worse! It shamelessly advocated for the horrific Civil War and for the racist doctrine of "White Supremacy." It was also looking, along with its fellow state co-conspirators, to create a "Slave Empire," modeled on the British Empire. (2) It, they hoped, would eventually include the 13 breakaway States, plus a conquered Mexico and Cuba. (3) Right up to the battle of Gettysburg, the scheming British colonialists, no surprise, were biting at the bit waiting to openly recognize the Confederacy. Were they the off-stage Wirepullers behind the bloody Civil War? (4) Many of South Carolina's most insufferable planation owners were descended from the grasping Tories, who had sided with the British colonialist against our patriotic Founding Fathers in our Revolutionary War. The Civil War (1861-65) was their vile way of getting even. The then-demented gentry of that South Carolina bragged about hating the so-called, "rabble of the North." (3) Getting back to Isaac. His yearning for freedom sets the motif for this novel. He doesn't know it at the time, but his young life is ready to take on some radical twists and turns. It will carry him far from a Civil War setting on the East Coast of our badly-divided nation. Hopefully, it will lead him to one day have his own rice farm. Will that dream ever come true? It helps in the writing of this novel that its author, Bob Rogers, has had a distinguished military career. Many of locations he chooses in the book are battlefield-related sites. Rogers, an ex-US Army captain, paratrooper and combat veteran of the Vietnam War, has a keen eye for place, people, logistics and detail. Rogers also offers cultural and political contexts in the shifting scenes, along with some strong descriptive writing. His first novel, "Will and Dena," was a historical novel about WWII. The dialogue of Rogers' "First Dark,' rings with authenticity. Most of the character are creatures of fiction, a few are historical figures. To enhance authenticity, the damnable "N" word is repeatedly used by the author in dialogues by the slaveowners and their hired thugs. They use it to dehumanize their subjugated black victims. Rogers' story works at the edges of a wide sweeping historical background, while the focus, appropriately enough, remains firmly on Isaac's coming of age. One day, Isaac, while helping his father Mark take a wagon load of "rice, corn and fodder," to the Rebel troops in Charleston, is suddenly ambushed. This incident happens not far from the Tiffany Planation, where his family resides in squalid conditions. Isaac's father is shot and killed, along with two of the Confederate soldiers protecting the convoy of eight wagons. Isaac survives because one of the attackers pushes his head down while the bullets are whizzing by him. He is shocked to learn that the attacking soldiers, wearing blue and red uniforms, are Union troops, "Yankees!" They are also black and speak the "Gullac" dialect of the area. Like Saint Paul falling off his horse on the way to Damascus, Isaac has an awakening as a result of the ambush. After returning to the planation, he slowly begins to see the Black Union troops (soon to be known to history as the "Buffalo Soldiers") as his path out of captivity. Linking up with the Buffalo Soldiers is his immediate problem. Isaac is black, a slave, barely literate and trapped deep in the heart of the South. It's a violent place where a white man deliberately killing a black person for any or no reason at all simply doesn't register as a crime. It's the Deep South, in 1863, and it reeks of barbarism. One scene that stands out for me, among many, is the author's description of a runaway slave being beaten to death with a "cat o'nine tails" by the son of the plantation's overseer--a thug named "Jeb." The local community was force to watch the terror-filled event as each hard blow with a three foot long weapon to the back of the slave drew "blood." Jeb bellowed, "Ni y'all watch what happens to n...... who run off." When Bianca, Issac's twenty-three- year-old friend, and soon-to-be lover, yelled out for him to stop. Jeb quickly turns on her and violently strikes her with his cat o' nine tails, screaming at her, "Shut up, you black bitch!" Not all of Rogers' descriptive passages work. His love scenes come off as awkward and choppy. They're too distant from the passions he's trying to convey. Overall, too, some tighter editing would have helped to make the book flow more smoothly. Nevertheless, Rogers' story-telling is captivating. And, I wouldn't be surprised if "First Dark" ends up as a popular movie. Finally, the radical changes that Isaac goes through in this epic tale are the heart of the book. As his character evolves from his war-time experiences, along with the personal losses he suffers, and the caring relationships that he embraces, we see him becoming a man on a mission that is enriching his soul. Isaac's journey, with a nod to the splendid mythologist Joseph Campbell, is a hero's journey. It's also a darn good read. -30-Notes:1. American Experience, Civil War, PBS2. "The Way of the Aggressor" by John Michael3, "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era" by James M. McPherson4. Voltarenet
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. First Dark A Buffalo Soldier's Story By curmudgeonoptimist This book tells a wonderful story, capturing the mood during and after what I believe to be the darkest era of our history. The characters come alive. You can sense their fears and uncertainties, as well as their joy. The story of Rachel's mother being sold away is gut wrenching, leaving the question: How could anyone think that owning another human being was the right thing to do? Isaac's journey is captivating. The plotting to deny the freedoms accorded white citizens to former slaves sickening. His escape and success makes you say "Yes!" The belief in education and the importance of educating oneself is inspiring. I believe "First Dark" is a story written from the heart and I enjoyed reading it.However, that being said, some thing interfere with enjoying this book. The first is poor editing. In several places I found paragraphs repeated, grammatical errors that required re-reading that are not due to the use of Gullah dialect. Another was spelling errors. The spelling error that irritated me most was the misspelling of "Hola". It was repeatedly spelled "Halo", a different word, a different language and a different meaning. I would also suggest that the author should give up his descriptions of, shall we say, romantic and passionate encounters. These scenes are obviously not his strongest skill. Mr. Brown tells a wonderful story, and I will most likely read more of his work, but he needs to acquire a better editor or proofreader.
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