A-train : memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman /

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How does a black American prepare for a career in a profession traditionally closed to blacks? And how does he or she cope with the frustrations and dangers that subsequent experiences generate? A-Train is the story of one of the black Americans who, during World War II, graduated from Tuskegee Army...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Dryden, Charles W. > (Charles Walter)
United States. > Army Air Forces > Biography.
United States. > Army Air Forces.
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
African American air pilots > Biography.
Pilotes d'aéronef noirs américains > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
African American air pilots.
Military operations, Aerial > American.
Military participation > African American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)
Alabama > Tuskegee Army Air Field.
Biographies.
Personal narratives > American.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Part I: Before Desegregation; Chapter 1. Dismissed! (July 1944); Chapter 2. Why? (July 1944); Chapter 3. The Fledgling (1920-1941); Chapter 4. Off to Tuskegee (August 1941); Chapter 5. Aviation Cadets (August 1941-April 1942); Chapter 6. Nest of Black Eagles (April 1942-April 1943); Chapter 7. Fighting 99th: Over There! (April 1943-September 1943); Chapter 8. Arrivederci, Sicily! (September 1943-1944); Chapter 9. ""You''re Not Ready!"" (1944-July 1945); Chapter 10. Fighting 99th: Over Here! (July 1945-February 1946).
  • Chapter 11. Camelot! (February 1946-June 1949) Part II: After Desegregation; Chapter 12. Lonely Eagles (June 1949-July 1950); Chapter 13. Over There-Again! (July 1950-February 1953); Chapter 14. Sayonara! (February 1952-September 1957); Chapter 15. Guten Tag, West Germany (September 1957-May 1959); Chapter 16. Auf Wiedersehen! (May 1959-January 1962); Chapter 17. Twilight of a Lonely Eagle (January 1962-August 1962); 18. Contrails (Timeless); Epilogue; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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