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Author:

Wimberly, Ronald, author.

Title:

Now let me fly : a portrait of Eugene Bullard / written by Ronald Wimberly ; art by Brahm Revel.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

First Second,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

322 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Authors:

Revel, Brahm, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"A soaring graphic biography that casts new light on the first African-American fighter pilot. On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from the muddy trenches to the open skies. In 1914, Bullard joined the fight to defend France--and made history as the world's first African American fighter pilot. In this candid but sensitive portrait of Bullard, author Ronald Wimberly balances the personal and the historical to interrogate concepts of cynicism, idealism, fear, glory, and the pervasiveness of anti-Black racism"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1626728526
9781626728523

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1357152671

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)