Ask the Author: Brian G. Shellum
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Brian G. Shellum
When I have writer's block, I do things that do not require actual writing. I spend time editing chapters already written, researching, or updating my Goodreads page.
Brian G. Shellum
Waking up every morning knowing that you will spend four or five hours doing what you love best.
Brian G. Shellum
If you have a story to tell, write it!
Brian G. Shellum
I am writing about the officers and men of Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry, who were stationed in Skagway, Alaska from 1899 to 1902. This company was posted to Skagway to control the lawlessness that accompanied the Klondike gold rush. The Twenty-Fourth was one of four Buffalo Soldier regiments that served with the Regular Army in the post-Civil War era. The story of their time in Skagway is a fascinating one.
Brian G. Shellum
I discovered Charles Young and the Buffalo Soldiers while I was serving as a government historian at the Defense Intelligence Agency in 1996, He was an amazing trailblazer and no serious research and writing had been done on his life and military career. I quickly decided to do exactly that.
Brian G. Shellum
I decided to write African American Officers in Liberia after completing my second book on the military career of Charles Young (Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment). In that book I covered Young’s two tours in Liberia but was left with the feeling that there was a much larger story to tell. This was one of those untold stories historians look for, waiting to be voiced.
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