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Author:
Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-
Title:
Father of the Tuskegee airmen, John C. Robinson / Phillip Thomas Tucker.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Potomac BooksInc.,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xiv, 329 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Robinson, John Charles,--1903-1954.
African American air pilots--Biography.
African American fighter pilots--Biography.
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936--Aerial operations, Ethiopian.
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936--Participation, American.
Air pilots--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references( p. 309-320) and index.
Contents:
A rare beacon of hope, Gulfport -- Turning point: Tuskegee Institute and going north -- Breaking racial barriers -- Aviation comes to Tuskegee Institute for the first time and transforming Chicago into a center for black aviation -- Commanding Emperor Haile Selassie's Imperial Ethiopian Air Force -- Fascist invasion of Ethiopia -- The gods of war turn against Ethiopia -- Returning war hero -- Aviation visions burn brightly -- The winds of World War -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
1597974870
9781597974875
OCLC:
(OCoLC)752678328
LCCN:
2011041711
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington) — 940.5403 T893f

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