"No one knew when the bugle sounded reveille what would happen
before taps that night." Forrestine "Birdie" Cooper learned at an
early age that growing up on the western frontier meant that each
new day brought a fresh adventure.
Birdie's father, Charles Cooper, was an officer in the Tenth
U.S. Cavalry, known as the Buffalo Soldiers, one of four regiments
of black troops with white officers. The Buffalo Soldiers made
headlines with their battles against Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Lone
Wolf, Billy the Kid, and Pancho Villa. These momentous events were
just everyday life, and these men of valor, playmates in the
childhood escapades of Birdie Cooper.
Later in life, after she had married and published several
novels, Forrestine Cooper Hooker began writing her memoir, which
remained unfinished when she died in 1932. Steve Wilson edited the
manuscript into publishable form. The compelling yet humorous
stories told in" Child of the Fighting Tenth "capture the drama of
the settlement of the American West, the Indian wars on the plains,
and the Geronimo campaign in the Southwest and Mexico as seen
through the eyes of a young girl. In this memoir, Birdie Cooper
draws us into her world, offering a vibrant portrait of
behind-the-scenes life on the western frontier.
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