Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free - Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW, Revised Edition (Hardcover, Rev Ed)

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW, and Lewis Carlson's authoritative background to the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. This revised edition covers the story of Jefferson's continuing outreach and education work, as he brings the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to communities and schools across the country, and the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Airmen in 2007. Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is perhaps the only account of the African American experience in a German prison camp.

General

Imprint:	Fordham University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
Release date:	May 2017
Authors:	Alexander Jefferson
As told to:	Lewis H. Carlson
Dimensions:	235 x 210 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / Cloth
Pages:	192
Edition:	Rev Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8232-7438-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-8232-7438-1
Barcode:	9780823274383

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