num_pages: 17
description: The compelling hidden story of Cathy Williams a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers.Heres the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of queen and my mama never let me forget it.Though born into bondage on a miserable tobacco farm in Little Dixie Missouri Cathy Williams was never allowed to consider herself a slave. According to her mother she was a captive destined by her noble warrior blood to escape the enemy. Her chance at freedom presents itself with the arrival of Union general Phillip Henry Smash em Up Sheridan the outcast of West Point who takes the rawboned prideful young woman into service. At wars end having tasted freedom Cathy refuses to return to servitude and makes the monumental decision to disguise herself as a man and join the Armys legendary Buffalo Soldiers. Alone now in the ultimate mans world Cathy must fight not only for her survival and freedom but she also vows to never give up on finding her mother her little sister and the love of the only man strong enough to win her heart. Inspired by the stunning true story of Private Williams this American heroine comes to vivid life in a sweeping and magnificent tale about one womans fight for freedom respect and independence.
language: None
title: Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
publisher: MacMillan Audio