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02353aam a2200325 a 4500 001 806B51729B6211E2989A5ACADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 120330s2013 nyuabf b 000 0beng d 020 $a 162087217X 020 $a 9781620872178 040 $d SILO 043 $a f-et--- $a f-et--- 050 14 $a TL540.R57 $b S57 2013 082 04 $a 629.13/092 $2 23 100 1 $a Simmons, Thomas E., $d 1936- 245 14 $a The man called Brown Condor : $b the forgotten history of an African American fighter pilot / $c Thomas E. Simmons. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Skyhorse Pub., $c c2013. 300 $a viii, 293 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.), map ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a "A Herman Graf book." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-293). 505 0 $a Africa, 1954 -- Mississippi, 1910 -- Northbound -- Taste the wind -- Chicago, 1927 -- But will it fly? -- A twenty-dollar bet -- Hummingbird -- Tall tree, short cotton -- A world away -- Lonely voyage -- Marseilles -- Train from Djibouti -- Addis Ababa, 1935 -- Rocks in the clouds -- Audience with the Emperor -- Gathered at the river, 1935 -- Dogs and rabbits -- A lonely war -- Sportsmen and warriors -- Stranger to peace -- Reluctant hero -- Toward home -- Gulfport, 1936 -- Hard choices -- Once more to Africa. 520 $a The forgotten true story of American war hero John Charles Robinson, a.k.a. The Brown Condor of Ethiopia, and the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Corps during the brutal Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935. Simmons brings to life Robinson's success in becoming a pilot, his expertise in building and assembling his own working aircraft, his influence on the establishment of a school of aviation at Tuskegee Institute. More than a biography of a black pilot who became a US hero, this book provides insight on racial conditions in the first half of the twentieth century and illustrates the political intrigue within a League of Nations afraid to face the rise of Fascism. 600 10 $a Robinson, John Charles, $d 1903-1954. 650 0 $a Air pilots, Military $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American fighter pilots $v Biography. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213022629.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826070956.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=806B51729B6211E2989A5ACADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search