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Title: Tuskegee Airmen by Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly ISBN: 0-7385-0045-3 Publisher: Arcadia Tempus Publishing Group, Inc. Pub. Date: 24 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: pictural history, not a book
Comment: Maybe I didn't read the reviews close enough, but I was very disappointed in this book. Having read a few other WWII (auto)biographies, and having seen The Tuskeegee Airmen movie, I was very interested in learning more about this remarkable group. The "book" is mainly just a collection of photographs. It is more like walking through a museum exhibit. If that is the type of thing you are looking for, than this might be even rated at 4 or 5 stars, but I only gave it 3 because it doesn't let you get to really know these men as individuals, or feel a part of their struggle and inner strength and pride at their accomplishments.
Rating: 3
Summary: Struggle for Acceptance
Comment: Young Black men prior to WWII only dreamed of flying for the U.S. Military. Many of them sneaked off to France to enter flight school. But when President Roosevelt ordered the formation of the 99th Fighter Squad, the Black men started their flight training at the Tuskeegee Institute of Alabama, an all-Black school founded by Booker T. Washington, a former slave himself. The first experiment consisted of 13 students of which only 5 finished the schooling. Classes followed, and finally, orders were for the Black pilots to go to North Africa to fly P-40 Warhawks. Their mission was to protect the large American bombers. The Black pilots showed their knowledge and their patriotism in spite of the fact the officer's clubs were still segregated. The only place they were completely equal was in a prisoner of war camp. However, while acceptance of Blacks as pilots was starting to happen in the war, back home in America, the integration issue was just heating up and about to explode. This book is an excellent glance into the history of Black American Military pilots.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is wicked good reading.
Comment: Like so many other people did, I watched the movie on HBO about the Tuskegee Airmen and I really enjoyed it. Because of the movie I went out and bought and read everything that I could about the Tuskegee Airmen. I have read at least a half dozen books on the subject so far and have far and away enjoyed this book more than any others. The authors have done a magnificent job of researching the subject. Their story flows seamlessly from their introduction through each obviously carefully written photograph and photographic caption. I loved it. I encourage every American to read this book, it's uplifting and educational at the same time. Well done to the authors for writing this book and well done to the men and women that made it happen.
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Title: Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen by Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly ISBN: 1565548280 Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title:The Tuskegee Airmen ASIN: B000053V7E Publisher: Hbo Studios Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.97 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $12.99 |
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Title: Red Tails Black Wings: The Men of America's Black Air Force by John B. Holway ISBN: 1881325431 Publisher: Yucca Tree Pr Pub. Date: 24 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Tuskegee Airmen: The Men Who Changed a Nation by Charles Francis, Adolph Caso ISBN: 0828320772 Publisher: Branden Publishing Co Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American : An Autobiography by Benjamin O., Jr. Davis ISBN: 1560983957 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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