Mr. Gould's burning desire to know more about
this unsung frontiersman haunted him for decades.
Though the U.S. Army knew of Dorman's activities,
contributions, bravery and death, the times would
not permit that acknowledgement. The press of the
1800s refused to list his name among those killed.
This gnawing quest for truth drove the author to
investigate the saga of Isaiah Dorman, the black
man at the Little Big Horn.
Mr. Gould earned a bachelors degree in history
from the University of Nebraska, at Omaha: a
bachelors degree in aerospace management from
Metropolitan State College, at Denver, Colorado;
and a masters degree in public administration,
from the University of Colorado, at Boulder.
He is a United States Air Force veteran of
twenty-one years who flew 115 combat missions
in Vietnam. He is a member of the Civil Air Patrol;
holds a commercial pilot's license; and is an
FAA certified flight instructor.
TEAT is a thrilling dynamic, adventuresome compilation of the life and times
of Isaiah Dorman, a runaway slave.
This is a true story of the winning
of the American West replete with legends of battles and
deeds....some heroic, some not. This story is about Isaiah Dorman,
escaped slave, as he searched and found freedom in the Dakota Territory,
land of the mighty Teton Sioux, who were determined to maintain their way
of life, the nomadic free-spirited life of the Sioux, and that which
the white man called "civilization".
He witnessed the warring among the tribes and the depredations of Indian
against Indian. He was caught in the seemingly never-ending conflict-not
by choice, but by circumstances.
He experienced a forbidden love, and later a fulfilling marriage
to a Sioux maiden. As he lay dying in the arms of his friend and mentor,
Sitting Bull, his last words were of his love for.........