New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young African-American girl listens to her father as he tells her about his experiences as a soldier in Cuba during the 1898 Spanish-American war. The author comments that - in the tradition of tall tales the story is exaggerated in this book - but it is based on the real experiences of the author's uncle who enlisted in one of the Black regiments as a way to earn money for his medical education. Illustrated in full color by Floyd Cooper. Large format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-027446239.